Carriers that operate under the International Fuel Tax Agreement have until the end of February to display the 2009 IFTA license and decals on all their IFTA vehicles, the IFTA repository announced. During January and February, an IFTA vehicle will be considered legal if it displays 2009 IFTA credentials, an IFTA trip permit or the 2008 IFTA license and decals. For more information, contact the IFTA office at 480-839-4382.

Most Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls increased by 25 percent effective Jan. 4 – a year earlier than anticipated – to fulfill the Turnpike’s obligations under Act 44, which earmarks Turnpike proceeds for transportation projects statewide. The most common rates for commercial vehicles increased from $2 to $2.50, from $2.25 to $2.85, from $3.50 to $4.40, from $6.25 to $7.85, and from $15.25 to $19.10.

Illinois Tollway Board of Directors on Nov. 20 approved a plan to raise tolls on trucks by 60 percent. The toll increase will be phased in 2015-2017; beginning in 2018, tolls for trucks will be tied to the Consumer Price Index.

Toll hikes for the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway went into effect Dec. 1. The toll for the average truck trip on the Turnpike increases by $2.05 this year and $3.75 in 2012, while the toll for the average truck trip on the Parkway increases by 60 cents this year and 95 cents in 2012. The new pricing plan also provides an across-the-board 5 percent off-peak E-ZPass discount to all truck drivers.

GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services announced that it has processed more than $5.7 million in rebates for its customers that lease hybrid or alternative fuel motor vehicles.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said in late November that it would give the state of Georgia $110 million to help reduce traffic congestion in Metropolitan Atlanta. The program is designed to allow more commuters to take advantage of Interstate 85′s HOV lanes northeast of the city, and it also would establish new high-speed commuter bus service into downtown.

The first phase of the project will establish a network consisting of variably-priced high-occupancy toll lanes on I-85, stretching from I-285 to Old Peachtree Road by January 2011. Future phases of Atlanta’s congestion plan will include a 49-mile network of additional HOV-to-HOT lane conversions along I-85, I-75 and I-20. Similar HOT lane projects have been implemented in Minneapolis and Southern California, helping to reduce congestion during peak travel times, DOT says.