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Opposition to Tolls Growing for Good Reason

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In a recent commentary in The Richmond Times-Dispatch, columnist Jeff Schapiro outlines the growing opposition to tolls on I-95. As I shared in my blog post on the Partnership to Save Highway Communities’ website last week, the “It’s worth noting that opposition is growing for good reason… Raising revenue for transportation is critical to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth, but tolling I-95 will only serve to further Virginia’s transportation problems, not solve them.”

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities is a coalition of associations, corporations, small businesses and other stakeholders that share a common goal: preserving the valuable relationships between interstate highway motorists and community businesses serving their needs.

Read the full blog post here.

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Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman
Wlazlowski Neuman leads NATSO and the NATSO Foundation’s public affairs initiatives and communications strategies to promote the truck stop and travel center industry to the public, opinion leaders, elected officials, and the media. Her outreach includes a spectrum of policy issues facing the industry, with a particular focus on transportation and fuel issues, truck parking, and human trafficking. She serves as NATSO’s representative on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Truck Parking Coalition, the Clean Freight Coalition, and various state truck parking technical advisory committees. She is the architect of the truck stop and travel center industry’s anti-human trafficking campaign and currently serves as a Committee member for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Human Trafficking Advisory Council. Wlazlowski Neuman serves on the American Highway Users Policy and Government Affairs Committee.

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