July 21, 2019
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ALPR,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
GPS,
GPS TRACKING,
infrastructure,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
PPP,
Public Private Partnership,
Road Usage Charge,
Technology,
TOLL ROAD,
VMT,
VMT Tax
A road user charge or RUC (also referred to as the Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax or VMT Tax and Mileage Based User Fees or MBUF) currently permeates nearly every discussion of how our country will pay for infrastructure in the future. Many transportation planners and elected officials seem to agree the time has come to […]
April 21, 2019
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Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CIVIL,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Speed Cameras,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA
In early April, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine approved an $8 billion, two-year transportation budget that included a 10.5 cents-per-gallon gas tax hike and a 19 cent hike on diesel fuel. Raising taxes is always controversial but what has the state’s mayors in a tizzy is something entirely different. When the governor signed off on the […]
Hawaii Member Alert: Attend an upcoming DOT Meeting on Road Usage Charge Change Dear Hawaii NMA Members, The Hawaii Department of Transportation is asking for public input on changing the gas tax to a vehicle miles travel tax. The NMA encourages you either attend a scheduled meeting in person (see below) or an e-Townhall scheduled […]
January 6, 2019
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Congestion Tolling,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
HIGH OCCUPANCY,
NEWSLETTER,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VIRGINIA
“This article originally appeared on TheNewspaper.com, (“Driving Politics”) and is reprinted with their kind permission.” Federally funded report explores the possibility of turning every mile of interstate highway into a toll road. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a report saying motorists ought to pay up to $70 billion in higher […]
November 11, 2018
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ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
IDAHO,
infrastructure,
LOUISIANA,
MAINE,
MISSOURI,
NEVADA,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
TEXAS,
UTAH,
Washington State
The mid-term elections are officially over. Ballotpedia stated this week on its website that voters in 37 states decided a total of 155 statewide ballot measures. Not all, of course, were motorist related but a few certainly were. We have also included some important county or city ballot issues that asked voters to raise the […]
