13 Alerts From the infrastructure Tag

What U.S. Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards (if any) Should Be – Results of an NMA Online Survey, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #570

December 15, 2019 • AUTO INDUSTRY, CAFE, CALIFORNIA, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel, Gas Tax, infrastructure, LETTER WRITING, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY, Technology

Last week’s newsletter (Part 1, #569) provided a statistical summary of responses to an NMA November online survey seeking feedback about CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards. Here, in Part 2, is where the rubber hits the road. Those taking the survey were given the opportunity to include commentary to explain their choices of whether […]

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Transportation Engineers Debate Vision Zero, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #563

October 27, 2019 • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, ITE, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VISION ZERO

Buckle up and get comfortable. This will be a bit of a journey. We recently became aware of a fascinating thread on the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Member Forum titled, “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” Access to the Forum is restricted, but we were able to capture much of the debate […]

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Massive 30-State, Real-Time ALPR Database Revealed: NMA E-Newsletter #558

September 22, 2019 • ALPR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP

By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the Massprivatel Blog Our worst fears about automatic license plate readers (ALPR) are coming to fruition, and no one in public understands just how much our privacy will be invaded. This summer, I warned everyone on my blog, and in the NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #554, that police in Arizona […]

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The Road User Charge by Any Other Name: NMA E-Newsletter #555

September 1, 2019 • Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS TRACKING, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax

We recently completed a series of newsletters (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) about the renewed calls for levying a set of surcharges–or thinly disguised taxes–on motorists to help rescue the Federal Highway Trust Fund. National calls are picking up in momentum for the implementation of a system of travel fees layered on top […]

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Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 3—Regional and Local Efforts: NMA E-Newsletter #551

August 4, 2019 • CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, Fuel, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, HAWAII, infrastructure, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PRIVACY, Road User Charge, SAFETY, Technology, UTAH, VIRGINIA, VMT, VMT Tax

In Parts One and Two of this series, Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we explored what is happening on the national level and in Congress respectively. Road User Charges (RUC) are also called Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (VMT) or Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF). A number of states are experimenting […]

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