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The Federal Highway Administration has given Virginia approval to begin the process of imposing tolls on Interstate 95, the busiest north-south corridor on the East Coast.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said the Federal Highway Administration has granted the state preliminary approval to toll Interstate 95 under a pilot program.

The Florida Department of Transportation announced a rate increase plan for cars and trucks on most state toll roads starting next year, followed by what could be automatic increases each year after that.

Tolls for trucks entering New York City from New Jersey will more than double over the next five years, a larger increase than originally proposed.

Cash fares will rise 10% on the Pennsylvania turnpike in 2012, but tolls will remain the same for E-ZPass users.

The Maryland Transportation Authority on June 2 proposed significantly increasing tolls over the next two years on seven highways, bridges and tunnels in the state.

The Maryland Transportation Authority will consider toll increases at its June 2 meeting that could double rates by 2013 for trucks on seven of the state’s eight tolled facilities.

Rhode Island state officials are pushing ahead with a plan to explore putting tolls on Interstate 95, the state’s top transportation official said, despite U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s disapproval of the idea.