Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway collected 48 million tolls in 2015, up 25 percent

The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority collected nearly 48 million tolls in 2015 according to a new report from the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association. The 2015 numbers beat out the 2014 score by more than 10 million transactions, and the 25 percent increase year-over-year topped the other 30 expressway authorities and tolling agencies included in the study. IBTTA said Americans drove about 3 percent more last year; toll transactions went up by about 7 percent nationwide, hitting a total of…