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ODOT Should Compare Apples to Apples

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In its latest bid to raise funds for state transportation projects, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is seeking to commercialize non-interstate rest areas. Today I shared a on the on why ODOT should reconsider its latest idea and seek alternative solutions that don’t jeopardize existing private businesses for little or nothing in return.

The Partnership to Save Highway Communitiess 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.

As I wrote in my post, “ODOT thinks that because the state generates between $4 million and $5 million dollars annually from privately operated service plazas on the Ohio Turnpike that it can do the same on other roads. But ODOT is comparing apples and oranges.”

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Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman
Wlazlowski Neuman leads ºÚÁÏÉçÇøand the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøFoundation’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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