One of Sadik-Khan's few flops: trying to get a congestion toll plan through the famously dysfunctional New York state legislature.
Unlike existing motorways, the construction costs of future roads cannot be recouped through toll fees, explains the corporation, because traffic is expected to be light in the mountains.
Private investors profit from PPPs primarily through toll revenue.
They are fast enough to scan trucks and cars as they pass through toll booths, portable enough to be used almost anywhere and sensitive enough to distinguish between a weapons-grade isotope and the less dangerous form in an X-ray machine.
Efforts to corral Italy's government debt through cutbacks have taken a toll.
His early speed inevitably took its toll but he was still able to churn through his last 100 in 56.08, quicker than Johnny "Tarzan" Weissmuller's time for his back-to-back 100 meters Olympic wins in the 1920s.
By levying fines, the agency was able to recoup virtually all of the toll revenue lost to drivers who simply drove through the E-ZPass lanes without paying, said Bob Redding, senior director of new tolling initiatives for the MTA's Bridges and Tunnels Agency.
Microsoft made most of its fortune this way, by becoming a gateway bully through which everyone had to pay a toll.
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Laura Kovach, a high-grade research associate at Boston -based Evergreen funds said: "With everyone coming to the market at once, it could take a toll on the company's ability to get through at a reasonable price, " she added.
Soon, several police cruisers caught up to the runaway car to escort it through traffic, and later assist with three toll plazas where they called ahead to have the gates raised.
And one of the things about these types of storms we know, unfortunately, the death toll may continue to go up in the recovery phase through accidents and other things that happen.
If traffic congestion can be compared to water flowing through a sink drain, then a congestion toll is like the handle on the spigot -- it increases during times of peak road use, decreases during off-peak times, and is adjusted in real time to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
So he dialed toll-free numbers advertised on TV and radio, and slogged through pitches bursting with jargon and numbers.
Mr. MORRERO: And we want America not to forget the human toll and the human emotion and the suffering that we are going through because of these steroids.
The M6 Toll road, which aims to alleviate the increasing congestion on the M6 through Birmingham and the Black Country, opened in 2003.
Intellectual Ventures, which has assembled a massive portfolio of patents, mostly through purchase by its well funded backers, has created a huge toll booth that, despite claims of its management, inhibits rather than supports innovation.
The MTA has installed camera systems on the Hudson Bridge toll plaza, which enable the authority to capture the license-plate numbers of motorists who pass through.
The death toll at Rana Plaza has jumped by about 100 each day for the past week, as salvage workers combed through the ground floor and basement levels.
Although Super Blue Stuff is sold in 365 small independent stores and through a 200-person direct-sales force, a majority of its sales come over the toll-free line McClung broadcasts on his infomercials.
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