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Union Minister <keyword id="19897455" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitin-Gadkari" source="keywords">Nitin Gadkari</keyword> has said that <keyword id="22181136" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="highway-agencies" source="keywords">highway agencies</keyword> should not charge tolls if <keyword id="20028505" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="roads" source="keywords">roads</keyword> are not in good condition. Gadkari was speaking at a global workshop on satellite-based tolling, set to be implemented over 5,000 km this financial year. "If you don't provide good quality service, you should not charge <keyword id="20071846" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="toll" source="keywords">toll</keyword>... We are in a hurry to start tolling to collect <keyword id="20085256" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="user-fee" source="keywords">user fee</keyword>s and protect our interest," the road transport and highways minister said. "You should collect the user fee where you provide the best <keyword id="22190322" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="quality-road" source="keywords">quality road</keyword>. If you collect toll on roads with potholes, mud, then there will be a backlash from people," he added. State-owned <keyword id="20198815" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="NHAI" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="NHAI" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="NHAI">NHAI</keyword> plans to implement (Global Navigation Satellite System) <keyword id="21980580" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="GNSS-based-Electronic-Toll-Collection" source="keywords">GNSS-based Electronic Toll Collection</keyword> (ETC) system within the existing <keyword id="22190323" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FASTag-ecosystem" source="keywords">FASTag ecosystem</keyword>, initially using a hybrid model where both (Radio Frequency Identification) RFID-based ETC and GNSS-based ETC will operate simultaneously. NHAI proposes to roll this out on commercial vehicles initially then private vehicles, considering scalability and privacy concerns. The highway authority has also recommended driver behaviour analysis and back-end data analysis for fraud detection. "With GNSS, the payment modes might be converted from prepaid to postpaid. Banks and financial institutions might be able to provide faster credits based on travel plans," NHAI has recommended.

Highway agencies should not charge toll if roads are not in good condition: Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warren Buffett and Elon Musk find value in the same kinds of businesses.</li><li>Buffett likes toll roads that give him monopoly power and the ability to raise prices easily.</li></ul>Warren Buffett and Elon Musk operate at <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-tesla-passed-ev-stock-elon-musk-berkshire-munger-2023-8?utm_campaign=business-sf&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">different ends of the risk spectrum</a>, but they're both drawn to similar kinds of businesses: toll roads and bottlenecks.<h2>Taking a toll</h2>Buffett, a world-famous investor and the CEO of <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/brk-b-stock">Berkshire Hathaway</a>, has dreamed of charging people for access since he was a child."All that traffic," he once said to a friend's mother about the endless cars driving past her home, according to "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist" by Roger Lowenstein. "What a shame you aren't making money from the people going by."Buffett also told his friends that owning the only newspaper in a town is like controlling its only bridge, as readers and advertisers have little choice but to pay a toll.Years later, one of Buffett's companies held a 24% stake in Detroit International Bridge Co., the only public company in the country that owned a toll bridge. He also highlighted toll roads among the specific assets he wanted to buy in his Buffett Partnership letters in the 1950s.One of Buffett's friends and a former Berkshire director, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-apple-tech-stock-iphone-taxi-weschler-2022-5">the late Sandy Gottesman</a>, was once quoted in a newspaper as saying, "Warren likens owning a monopoly or market-dominant newspaper to owning an unregulated toll bridge. You have relative freedom to increase rates when and as much as you want.""I won't quarrel with that characterization," Buffett responded when he was asked about the quote during a legal battle. "I have said in an inflationary world that a toll bridge would be a great thing to own if it was unregulated.""Because you have laid out the capital costs," he continued. "You build the bridge in old dollars, and when there is inflation, you don't have to keep replacing it — a bridge you build only once."The investor has extended his love of toll roads to other businesses that dominate their markets, require little capital investment, and can raise prices without losing customers to rivals. Apple, by far the biggest holding in Berkshire's stock portfolio, is one example as its strong brand enables it to raise prices every year, and it takes a cut from virtually all purchases on its App Store."Buffett got his toll road, and it's the best toll road that's ever been created, the iPhone," Bill Brewster, a Berkshire shareholder and the host of "The Business Brew" podcast, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-apple-iphone-toll-bridge-road-brewster-2022-2">said last year</a>.<h2>Controlling bottlenecks</h2>Elon Musk also recognizes the value of owning scarce resources or infrastructure and restricting access to them."He loves to control bottlenecks," Bill Cohan said during a <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-cant-quit-elon-with-ronan-farrow-william-cohan/id1643307527?i=1000625529080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent episode</a> of the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast. "He's very good at figuring out what those are and then exploiting them," the author and journalist added.Cohan was commenting on a <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent New Yorker article</a> that underscored just how much the US government relies on Musk's infrastructure, whether it's charging stations for electric vehicles, Starlink access for Ukrainian forces, or SpaceX rockets for transportation.Targeting chokepoints has been a key element of Tesla's corporate strategy for years."By investing in batteries — producing them at scale and in better ways — Tesla is betting that they will control the bottleneck, and thus the profit center, for the future of the industry," Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer <a href="https://hbr.org/2020/02/lessons-from-teslas-approach-to-innovation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in the Harvard Business Review in February 2020.Musk recognized that batteries were a key limiting factor for electric vehicles, and developing superior ones could give him a big competitive edge in the nascent industry, the professors said. They also highlighted Musk's investment in EV charging networks as an effort to address the perennial bottleneck of long-distance driving, and a way to give Teslas another advantage over other electric cars.The serial entrepreneur is still thinking along the same lines. When an X user posted earlier this year that typing was the "largest human progress bottleneck," Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1660793411459227649" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> with a single word: "Neuralink." He was suggesting that his startup, focused on building a brain-computer interface, could replace typing as a method of information input.<h2>Shared values</h2>Buffett appears to like toll roads because they're a simple, safe, and reliable way to make money. Musk seems to be drawn to bottlenecks because addressing them enables technological progress and grants him enormous influence — whether he has to build better batteries, charging networks, reusable rockets, communication satellites, mind-control devices, or anything else.Yet it's clear that both men recognize the immense value of scarce resources and access paths, and the power they grant to whoever controls them.

Warren Buffett's toll roads, Elon Musk's bottlenecks, and why both men prize the same kinds of businesses

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Electric-vehicle drivers on road trips often don't have much to do while their cars charge.</li><li>Building charging hubs around attractions and amenities could improve the experience.</li></ul>There's a missed opportunity at most <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ev-charging-stations-explained-levels-plugs-tesla-supercharger-2022-12">electric-vehicle charging stations</a>.As <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-vehicle-misconceptions-about-the-ev-transition-market-sales-2024-5">sales of battery-electric vehicles</a> have increased in recent years, the automotive industry and federal and state governments have been racing to install more charging stations. But building a place to plug in is only the first step in changing the way people fuel their cars.While the automotive industry has done a lot to reduce the amount of time you need to spend plugging in your car on a road trip, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-dozens-of-startups-leading-the-electric-car-charging-market-2022-2">EV charging stops</a> may never match the convenience of five-minute stops to fill your gas tank.Charging stations themselves are also difficult to make money with. A solution: EV charging hubs decked out with restaurants, entertainment, shopping, and anything else that can occupy the hour or two you may need to get a full battery.That's much like how a gas station works. An ancillary business built around a charging hub could fund the owner's bottom line more reliably than the fuel itself.<h2 id="36894d1c-0ea2-4d64-a338-99862d82c945">EVs need rest stops</h2>We're not exactly reinventing the wheel here.Many turnpikes and highways in the US have rest stops or travel centers with amenities that allow drivers to stay longer on the road when they need to stretch their legs. These rest stops are usually funded by tolls or other government-backed funding, which is a more complicated issue for EV charging.Without any clear guidelines, there hasn't been much uniformity in what a charging station can — or should — look like, leading to a Wild West of different designs and locations. Without a clear way forward, there hasn't been much uniformity in what a charging station can look like.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/23/electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure-in-the-u-s/">Figures from the Department of Energy</a> indicate that at the start of 2024, there were some 61,000 public charging stations in the US, more than double the number of stations in 2020. But many of these stations are tucked away on dealership lots or in otherwise empty parking lots.These stations appear to affect EV adoption. Surveys have suggested that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charging-logistics-top-barrier-to-electric-car-adoption-survey-2022-7">access to public charging infrastructure increases adoption</a>.But they've also suggested that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ev-electric-car-charging-station-need-better-amenities-bathrooms-food-2023-8">EV drivers are unsatisfied</a> with the charging experience.<h2 id="368f20ca-faec-4d34-afb7-022fdf893bc2">EV charging stations need an overhaul</h2>Tesla is experimenting with what a longer charging stop could look like.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-diner-permit-approved/">Construction is underway</a> in Hollywood on a Supercharger station that would double as a 24-hour restaurant and drive-in movie theater.CEO Elon Musk floated the idea of a destination station like this <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/949831212326993920?lang=en">in 2018</a>, saying he wanted to build an "old school drive-in" at a Supercharger location in Los Angeles. In January, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/tesla-hollywood-supercharging-station-ith-24-hour-diner-restaurant-movie-screens/3312626/">an NBC affiliate in Los Angeles reported</a>, citing city documents, that the screens would project short films that occupy the roughly 30 minutes required to charge a Tesla.The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-supercharger-changes-hurt-wider-ev-industry-2024-5">Supercharger station</a> is also supposed to be an attraction of its own, designed to look like a 1950s drive-in and diner — a kitschy stop on a Hollywood road trip.The design of these charging stations shouldn't just mimic convenience stores and quick-stop establishments. Charging can take a half hour to several hours, depending on the car and the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ev-charging-stations-explained-levels-plugs-tesla-supercharger-2022-12">type of charger</a>. That's plenty of time to browse a gift shop, grab a bite to eat, or wander around a roadside attraction.

EV chargers are too boring — and it's holding us back from electrifying the classic American road trip

New Delhi, The <keyword id="6404450" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-road-transport-and-highways" source="Orion">Ministry of Road Transport and Highways</keyword> (MoRTH) is confident of achieving the highways construction target of 13,814 kilometres for the current fiscal, its secretary <keyword id="20078656" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="anurag-jain" source="keywords">Anurag Jain</keyword> said on Friday. Addressing a press conference, <keyword id="19950697" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jain" source="keywords">Jain</keyword> further said the total length of national highways in <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword> increased 60 per cent to 1,46,145 km till December 2023, from 91,287 km in 2014, since the <keyword id="19895781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="keywords">Narendra Modi</keyword> government came into power. "The pace of highway construction in 2023-24 so far has been better than last year, and we are confident of achieving the 13,814-km highway construction target during the current fiscal," he said. Up to December 31, 2023, the ministry has built 6,217 km of national highway, higher than last year's 5,774 km for the same period. According to him, the government is planning to award 10,000 km of national highway projects in 2023-24. Jain also said that the government has asked companies to prepare detailed project reports (DPR) for unawarded identified projects to increase the pace of awarding in 2023-24. He said the total length of four-lanes and above national highways (NHs) increased by 2.5 times to 46,179 km in December 2023 from 18,387 km in 2014. While the total length of high-speed corridors in 2014 was 353 km, which increased to 3,913 km in 2023, the total length of less than 2-lane national highways decreased from 30 per cent (2014) to 10 per cent of national highway network in 2023. Jain also said the road ministry has constructed 6,217 km of national highways up to December in 2023-24. He noted that expenditure on the ministry's highways construction expenditure is expected to increase by 9.4 times to Rs 3.17 lakh crore in 2023 from 2014. Jain said under the <keyword id="20078657" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vehicle-scrapping-policy" source="keywords">Vehicle Scrapping Policy</keyword>, 44 registered vehicle scrapping facilities (RVSFs) are operational in India, while concession and motor vehicle tax was announced by 19 states/ Union Territories. As many as 49,770 vehicles were scrapped till date under the Vehicle Scrapping Policy, he added. Jain said state-owned NHAI has collected Rs 18,450 crore as toll till December in the current financial year.

Confident of achieving 13,814-km highway construction target this fiscal: Road secy

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11915967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="warren-buffett" source="Orion">Warren Buffett</keyword> likes toll bridges due to their market clout, pricing power, and low capital costs.</li><li><keyword id="11894021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="apple" source="Orion">Apple</keyword>'s <keyword id="11895165" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="iphone" source="Orion">iPhone</keyword> is the "best toll road that's ever been created," investor <keyword id="13088452" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bill-brewster" source="Orion">Bill Brewster</keyword> said.</li><li>Buffett dreamed of owning a <keyword id="13088451" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="toll-bridge" source="Orion">toll bridge</keyword> as a boy, and later controlled nearly a quarter of one.</li></ul>Warren Buffett loves to own businesses that are like toll bridges — they dominate their <keyword id="11893875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets" source="Orion">markets</keyword>, require little capital investment, and can raise prices without losing customers to competitors. The famed investor and <keyword id="11915968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="berkshire-hathaway" source="Orion">Berkshire Hathaway</keyword> CEO may have found exactly that in Apple and its flagship smartphone."Buffett got his toll road, and it's the best toll road that's ever been created, the iPhone," Bill Brewster, a Berkshire shareholder and the host of "<keyword id="13088453" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-business-brew" source="Orion">The Business Brew</keyword>" podcast, said during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Od2QsIV1w">recent episode</a> of "Value: After Hours.""The toll road looks like something that everyone carries around in their pocket and looks at almost 40 times a day," he continued. "You've got to put R&amp;D into Apple, but you sell these devices at huge gross margins, and then you just take, and take, and take, and take. That's a hell of a business."Apple <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fnewsroom%2F2022%2F01%2Fapple-reports-first-quarter-results%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DCUPERTINO%252C%2520California%2520January%252027%252C%25202022%2Cper%2520diluted%2520share%2520of%2520%25242.10.">earned</a> a gross margin of 43% in the three months to December 25, and its research-and-development costs were equal to just 5% of its revenue in the period. Berkshire has <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-apple-stock-record-400-percent-gain-berkshire-hathaway-2022-1">more than tripled its money</a> on the consumer-electronics company in under five years, and now commands a $158 billion stake.Buffett has <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-apple-stock-best-business-know-world-iphone-comments-2020-2-1028932097">praised Apple</a> as potentially the best business he knows. Its similarities to a toll bridge in terms of high margins, pricing power, and market position might explain why.After all, the billionaire investor has fantasized about collecting tolls since he was a boy, author Roger Lowenstein reported in "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist.""All that traffic," Buffett lamented to a friend's mother while sitting on her porch, watching the cars drive past. "What a shame you aren't making money from the people going by."Many years later, Buffett and his business partner, Charlie Munger, tried to buy the Detroit International Bridge Company, the owner of the only toll bridge controlled by stockholders in the US. The pair ended up owning 24% of it, Lowenstein wrote.Buffett explained his passion for those kinds of businesses during a court hearing in 1977, according to Lowenstein."I have said in an inflationary world that a toll bridge would be a great thing to own if it was unregulated," the Berkshire chief said."Because you have laid out the capital costs," Buffett added. "You build the bridge in old dollars, and when there is inflation, you don't have to keep replacing it — a bridge you build only once."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/erik-gordon-market-dotcom-bubble-crash-cathie-wood-meme-stocks-2021-9?r=US&amp;IR=T">Veteran professor Erik Gordon warns investors they face bigger losses than in the dot-com crash, questions Bill Ackman's Netflix bet, and predicts Warren Buffett will thrive in a tougher market</a>

Warren Buffett's Apple stake gives him a piece of the greatest 'toll road' in history, investor Bill Brewster says

Businessman <keyword id="18641" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="raj-kundra" source="Orion">Raj Kundra</keyword>, who was arrested on the charges of producing pornogrpahic content, is all set for the release of his movie 'UT 69'. He shared how he wanted to relive the entire experience of his days in prison, adding that he wanted a closure. The trailer of the movie offers a perspective on Kundra's life, shedding light on the 63 days he spent at Mumbai's <keyword id="6363226" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="arthur-road-jail" source="Orion">Arthur Road Jail</keyword> while under trial. The film, a witty dark comedy, brilliantly captures the trials, challenges, and unexpected friendships that Raj struck during his time in jail. Speaking to IANS, Raj opened up on the toll it took on him while shooting the movie, the controversy and his acting debut. He said: "I had to relive it again and somewhere I wanted to relive it, because I wanted a closure on this, and I was not getting a closure. When I came out, I was disturbed, anxious, I wasn't feeling good about anything." "I was going to write a book and wanted the world to hear what I went through, and director Shahnawaz Ali sir thought that better than hearing what you went through, people should see what you went through. Visually it's always better. It's like Instagram versus Twitter. People prefer Instagram because photos and videos sell better I guess," he said. He further shared: "And when we made this film, I thought somewhere this chapter will close. It's not redemption yet until the clean chit comes, but somewhere I feel that with the story coming out, which is not just my story and everyone around me, maybe some good will come out of it, some help will come out of it. I don't know what will happen, but there's a lot that can happen." How did he adapted the controversy on the screen? Raj said: "We don't talk about the controversy. We speak about the time inside Arthur Road jail. From the time I entered the red gate to the time I left -63 days inside, the survival, how we managed in the toughest of circumstances in one of the most crowded jails in the world. That's the story." "We didn't touch upon the case at all, because the matter is subjudice and it is still in court. There is a legal battle going on. So there is nothing controversial around the case, but there are a lot of interesting, engaging, borderline controversial things that happened inside the jail," he said. Talking about his acting debut, Raj said: "I was happy producing behind the camera. I think it is Shahnawaz sir's conviction. He felt the true story should be told by the person who actually went through it. He said, 'you have gone through it Raj, you tell the story your way. Acting I will take out of you. It's you, you don't have to do makeup, or act like someone, it's just going to be about you.'" "I think it is the first time ever a true story is being told by the person with whom it has actually happened. For me I found that interesting. I love challenges, I have been through enough challenges in my life," he said. Raj added: "I tell people, forget the case for a minute, put the case aside, go watch it as a piece of content, you will fall in love with the film, it's so beautiful. When Shilpa saw the film she loved it, AA decided to be the presenters, then it gave us the confidence that a lot of people are getting attached to the film, and they are liking it. Content is king, and we have one hell of a story to tell." The flick is slated for a theatrical release on November 3.

Seeking closure by re-living prison days: Raj Kundra on debut movie 'UT 69'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney have been at odds since the company opposed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.</li><li>In February, the Florida legislature voted to strip Disney of its self-governing ability. </li></ul>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he's considering imposing taxes on Disney hotels, as well as tolls on the roads leading to and from the amusement park, as part of his ongoing battle with the entertainment group. The feud between DeSantis and Disney began last year after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-ron-desantis-dont-say-gay-bill-law-2022-3">the entertainment giant opposed</a> the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. DeSantis signed the bill in March 2022.As retribution for Disney's public opposition, Florida lawmakers voted in February to <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2023/02/27/governor-ron-desantis-signs-legislation-ending-the-corporate-kingdom-of-walt-disney-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">end "Disney's self-governing status,</a>" which had allowed the company to manage its park as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-control-disney-world-special-district-dont-say-gay-2023-2">an almost independent municipality</a> for the last half-century. The vote allowed DeSantis to nominate board members to take over the management of the area, which was known as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-control-disney-world-special-district-dont-say-gay-2023-2">The Reedy Creek Specialty District</a>.But just before those new board members took control, Disney's old board made a surprising move that ensured the company would continue to control most aspects of the board, essentially <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-board-overseeing-disney-district-may-be-powerless-2023-3">stripping the new board of any real power</a>. It is in this context that DeSantis has <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/os-ne-desantis-disney-void-reedy-creek-deal-20230407-5edgygdxb5hytdzyxztwxovzwa-story.html">proposed new taxes and tolls</a> in and around Disney."They are not superior to the people of Florida," DeSantis said during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6ygDn6d7k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a speech at Hillsdale College</a>, a conservative liberal arts college in Michigan, on Thursday. "So come hell or high water we're going to make sure that policy of Florida carries the day. And so they can keep trying to do things. But ultimately we're going to win on every single issue involving Disney I can tell you that."

DeSantis says he's considering hotel taxes and highway tolls to hit back in his feud with Disney

New Delhi, Apr 21 () Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Tuesday said it has resumed toll operations at its 10 road projects and put in place all preventive measures to ensure safety of personnel in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. As part of the government's initiative to restart operations in a phased manner, RInfra has resumed toll operations at its road projects from midnight of April 20, the company said in a statement."All precautionary measures have been taken by Reliance Infrastructure Roads Division to ensure safe working environment for its personnel and travellers under the prevailing circumstances. RInfra , through its SPVs, runs ten road projects in the country on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis," it said. RInfra is one of the infrastructure companies, developing projects through various Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in several high growth sectors such as power, roads and Metro Rail in the infrastructure space and the defence sector. NAM NAM ANUANU

Reliance Infrastructure resumes toll operations at its road projects

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="11899427" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pennsylvania" source="Orion">Pennsylvania</keyword> Turnpike lost $104 million in tolls switching to all-electronic, the AP reported.</li><li>Around 11 million out of 170 million turnpike rides generated no revenue, according to the AP.</li><li>The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the nation's first when it opened in 1940.</li></ul>Over $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls were lost last year as the agency switched to all-electronic tolling, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-laws-only-on-ap-carlisle-a2c9f6845ef5d8e1ce53f7a533ce0733">reported</a> on Tuesday.Around 11 million out of 170 million turnpike rides in the year that ended on May 31 generated no revenue, the report said, and millions of drivers who don't use E-ZPass had a one in two chance of a free trip under the state's license plate camera system."We take this issue very seriously. It is a big number, there's no question," turnpike Chief Executive Mark Compton told the AP. "But we, as an organization, are leaving no stone unturned in the way in which we're going after that leakage."Lost toll revenue has become an issue with agencies across the country as E-ZPass and license plate camera usage increases, the report said.Toll revenue in Massachusetts dropped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people off the roads in its early days, though drivers also owe the state $112 million in unpaid tolls, according to <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/covid-19-shutdown-impact-massachusetts-toll-revenue-revealed/36720634">WCVB</a>.New Jersey saw a similar issue of lost toll revenue because of the pandemic, nj.com <a href="https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/were-saving-money-by-not-driving-but-its-costing-nj-23m-in-lost-toll-revenue.html">reported</a>.In New York, uncollected tolls have spiked in recent years, <a href="https://www.agcnys.org/articles/2-5m-lost-uncollected-thruway-tolls-spike/">according</a> to the Associated General Contractors of New York State, fueling fears that a cashless toll system will lead to more lost revenue.Pennsylvania is dealing with a handful of issues in its case, such as unidentifiable license plates, undeliverable bills, and missed vehicle owner addresses, the AP said."That kind of loss is amazing," State House Appropriations Chairman Stan Saylor told the AP. "I'm sorry, when you have a debt, and the tolls are as high as they are on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, then you need to be more efficient."The Pennsylvania Turnpike was <a href="https://www.paturnpike.com/yourTurnpike/ptc_history.aspx">considered to be an engineering feat</a> as "America's First Superhighway" at its opening in 1940, its website says, now stretching over 550 miles.

Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls lost over $100 million last year during the switch to all-electronic tolling

<ul><li><keyword id="97416" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google-maps" source="Orion">Google Maps</keyword> will soon show you the toll prices for your trips.</li><li>The feature will be initially available in selected countries and offer information about 2,000 toll roads.</li><li><keyword id="6355629" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google" source="Orion">Google</keyword> is also adding information about traffic lights and stop signs on <keyword id="440912" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="maps" source="Orion">Maps</keyword>.</li></ul>Google Maps has announced the rollout of a new feature dubbed as ‘toll prices’ to its app. Initially, the feature will be available in India, the US, Japan and Indonesia and will offer information about nearly 2,000 toll roads. In addition to this, Google is also adding other features such as traffic lights and stop signs, allowing users to drive confidently on unfamiliar roads. The company has also announced new features such as a pinned trip widget, direct navigation from Apple Watch and a shortcuts app for iOS users. Let’s take a look at all the new Google Maps features – <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Toll prices" comment="subhead" text="Toll prices">Toll prices</cmsannotation> The toll prices feature is a welcome addition as it will allow you to find out the expected cost of taking a toll road. This will make it easier for you to decide if you want to take a toll road or go on a regular road. The toll pricing will be shown using information obtained from local tolling authorities. The feature will also consider factors such as mode of payment, day of the week and the expected cost of toll at a particular time while showing you the cost. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Detailed map to help you navigate new roads" comment="subhead" text="Detailed map to help you navigate new roads">Detailed map to help you navigate new roads</cmsannotation> To help you navigate new or unfamiliar roads, Google is working on adding more details to the map. Maps will now show users the traffic lights and stop signs along your route, allowing you to be prepared for them. The app will also show building outlines and areas of interest on your route. <div type="image" title="Screen_Shot_2022-04-04_at_5.16.50_PM.max-1000x1000" msid="90677890" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Additional details regarding roads.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> In selected cities, Google Maps will also show additional information such as the shape and width of a road, including medians and islands to help you navigate the roads. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Improvements for iOS users" comment="subhead" text="Improvements for iOS users">Improvements for iOS users</cmsannotation> Google Maps users on iOS will be able to add a pinned trips widget on their devices. This will allow you to simply tap and start navigating towards a destination. <div type="image" title="Google" msid="90677880" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Apple Watch&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Google Maps will now allow Apple Watch users to navigate right from their watch, without having to use their iPhone. All you have to do is tap on the Google Maps shortcut on your watch. Google has also announced that Maps will be directly integrated into Spotlight, Siri, and the Shortcuts app on iOS. This will allow you to use voice commands and shortcuts for trips. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-and-tripadvisor-disable-restaurant-reviews-in-russia-after-they-were-flooded-with-protests-against-the-ukraine-invasion/articleshow/89973737.cms">Google and TripAdvisor disable restaurant reviews in Russia after they were flooded with protests against the Ukraine invasion</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-maps-disables-live-traffic-feature-for-ukraine-after-reports-it-was-was-being-used-to-track-ground-activity-during-russian-invasion/articleshow/89903673.cms">Google Maps disables live-traffic feature for Ukraine after reports it was being used to track ground activity during Russian invasion</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/elon-musk-joins-twitters-board-after-acquiring-a-9-2-stake-says-significant-improvements-coming-to-the-platform/articleshow/90666737.cms">Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board after acquiring a 9.2% stake, says “significant improvements” coming to the platform</a>

Google Maps will soon allow users to view the cost of tolls on their route

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Over 200 ships are currently stuck in a massive traffic jam in the Panama Canal.</li><li>The situation is so bad that some ship operators are paying multiple times the toll just to pass.</li></ul>The <a href="https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1693193957306466632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1693193957306466632%7Ctwgr%5E0c1c95e3bb208a92e3bca16e0e9aa61490881449%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedrive.com%2Fnews%2Fhundreds-of-cargo-ships-have-been-stalled-at-panama-canal-for-weeks-and-counting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world's worst traffic jam</a> is at the Panama Canal, where hundreds of massive ships are stuck due to a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/panama-canal-drought-travel-ships-income-falling-el-nino-2023-8#:~:text=The%20Panama%20Canal's%20water%20level,ships%20that%20can%20get%20through&amp;text=The%20canal%20has%20capped%20the,rain%2C%20the%20administrator%20said%20Thursday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">serious drought that reduced water levels.</a>The traffic jam is so bad that ships have paid multiple times the toll to pass through. Vessels that are stuck are mostly bulk cargo ships or gas carriers, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1693963623385678086" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the "Today" show</a>. "We had two ships that couldn't book, and it was quite expensive," Lars Oestergaard Nielsen, Maersk's head of customer delivery in the Americas, told the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/panama-canal-drought-causes-traffic-problems-ecd9d335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal on Friday.</a> "We went to an auction and paid $900,000 on top of $400,000 normal toll fee for each ship to cross." That's over three times the typical toll. Some ship operators may be willing to pay that much because ships have been waiting about four days on average compared to just over a day in June, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-22/panama-canal-drought-ships-backed-up-global-trade-snarled-by-lack-of-rain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a> reported on Tuesday, citing data from Clarksons Research Services, a maritime consultancy.Over 200 ships are currently stuck in a major traffic jam on either side of the Panama Canal, according to data from project44, a supply chain platform, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/traffic-jam-outside-panama-canal-hundreds-ships-2023-8">reviewed by Insider's</a> Rebecca Cohen. Some ships have been trapped for more than three weeks.On Tuesday, Reuters posted a photo on X, formerly Twitter, that appears to show dozens of ships lined up and waiting. The bottleneck in the Panama Canal could affect upcoming Christmas stock levels and supply chains because 40% of US container traffic passes through the waterway, according to a Tuesday report from <a href="https://www.globaltrademag.com/potential-shortages-loom-as-panama-canal-restrictions-impact-holiday-stocks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Container xChange,</a> a logistics platform.The canal is especially important for US shippers on their way to the Gulf and East Coast ports.The US is also the largest user of the Panama Canal, accounting for 70% of the waterway's traffic, per Container xChange.The Panama Canal Authority and Maersk did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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