States beginning to restrict truck traffic

USA Today recently published a story discussing how many states are banning big trucks from specific lanes of highways:

Florida has already taken action, banning big trucks from the far left lane of Interstate 4 on a 60-mile stretch between Tampa and Orlando. Stretches of I-75 and I-95 elsewhere in Florida have similar restrictions. Elsewhere:

•Georgia, where truck traffic is likely to grow by more than 50% over the next 20 years, is considering truck-only toll lanes on parts of I-75 northwest of Atlanta and on a 20-mile stretch of the I-285 beltway that surrounds the city.

•Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are using a $5 million federal grant to study adding truck-only lanes on I-70 from Kansas City to Columbus, Ohio.

•California, Arizona, Texas and the Gulf Coast states will use a similar grant to study segregating truck and automobile traffic on stretches of I-10.

•Tennessee is eyeing truck-only lanes on I-40.