6/5/18: WPRI 12- Chris Maxwell re activation of first two toll gantries: "We're double dipping.  We're getting our gas tax and our diesel tax but we're adding another layer of funding which is tolls.  What's next?  How much money do you need?"

11/21/17: RITA's Chris Maxwelltestifies about the serious flaws in RIDOT's Environmental Assessment at the environmental hearing for the first two proposed toll gantry locations.  (Video courtesy Roland Lavallee.)

In the Media ~ In the News

6/6/18: GoLocalLIVE with Kate Nagle– Chris Maxwell reacts to activation of first two toll gantries in southern RI: "They were very eager in 2015 to get these [gantries] up.  Now they very mysteriously throttled back and pushed them now to June 11.  That was kind of odd that they took so much time to put them in.  But we've been ready."

6/5/18: ABC 6 – Chris Maxwell about activation of first two gantries: “After decades of malfeasance and poor construction practices and poor const oversight, to tag an industry that was minding its own business delivering RI's goods with the blame for that  ...   there's a certain audacity there.”

2/12/18: ABC 6 – “Truckers unyielding as DOT workers start installing new tolling system for tractor trailers.”

12/28/17: Land Line Magazine – Chris Maxwell on FHWA's fast approval of first two gantries: “…it does come as quite a surprise that FHWA found no significant impact as quickly as they did given our testimony and comments submitted which cited many fatal flaws in RIDOT’s environmental assessment”.

5/2/18: Dan Yorke State of Mind - Chris Maxwell on latest delay of tolls: "We do understand that there is a [truck] count problem. ... They're coming up well short."

Lawsuit PRESS CONFERENCE, 7/10/18: Chris Maxwell formally announces the ATA's lawsuit against Rhode Island's truck-only tolls and takes questions.  (Video courtesy Roland Lavallee.)

7/10/18: WPRI 12 - Chris Maxwell about lawsuit against truck-only tolls: "The lawsuit details with great clarity how Gov Raimondo's truck-only toll scheme is a blatant violation of multiple constitutional provisions designed specifically to protect interstate commerce."

11/8/17:GoLocalLIVE with Kate Nagle– Chris Maxwell discusses the delay in the implementation of truck tolls and why there needs to be a full blown environmental study of the first two proposed toll gantry locations.

8/7/18:WGBH - Rhode Island Sued Over Truck Tolls.  Chris Maxwell: “This is a Trojan horse”.

2/16/18: Providence Journal – Chris Maxwell: "The RI Trucking Assoc and the Amer Trucking Assoc's are supremely confident in our position that tolling only trucks is illegal."

6/6/2018: Matt Allen Show - Chris Maxwell: "No, we haven't backed off.  It's a federation suit."