75 Alerts From the LEGISLATION Tag

The Washington Report–COVID-19 Crisis Edition: NMA E-Newsletter #589

April 26, 2020 • Complete Streets, DETER Act, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY, TICKET QUOTA, VISION ZERO, VMT, VMT Tax

By Rob Talley Editor’s Note: The Washington Report is a regular feature of the NMA’s quarterly Driving Freedoms member magazine. Our representative in DC, Rob Talley, wrote the original version of this newsletter for the spring issue of the magazine before the pandemic halted its publication. So Rob recently updated his dispatch to include more […]

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So What Happens if We Don’t Want Them? NMA E-Newsletter #581

March 1, 2020 • ARIZONA, Autonomous Car, Connected Vehicles, DRIVERLESS CARS, drones, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, OOIDA, Road Rage, SAFETY, Technology

In August 2019, 20 truckers with nine trucks held a rally at the Missouri State Capital, protesting the safety of autonomous trucks. They were there to support a bill on the drafting table by State Representative Mike Moon. Downshift to this year’s state legislative session; Moon sponsored and introduced a bill that would require a […]

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Too Many Red-Light Camera Scandals in Illinois: NMA E-Newsletter #579

February 16, 2020 • Corruption, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLINOIS, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET REVENUE

Over the past several months, the latest Illinois red-light camera corruption case has unfolded. The 2014 Redflex bribery scandal preceded the current mess. Several company and public officials went to jail, and in 2017, Redflex paid the city of Chicago a $20 million settlement. You would have thought that the state had learned its lessons, […]

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Shenanigans Abound in the Washington State Ballot Initiative over Car Fees: NMA E-Newsletter #575

January 19, 2020 • Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, WASHINGTON

Motorists are not cash cows, and it is time elected officials stop treating us as such! In Washington State, Tim Eyman decided he didn’t think it was fair for everyone in the state to pay for big city transit projects through ever increasing vehicle registration fees (or car tabs, as the locals call them). Anger […]

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So This is What Complete Streets Comes Down To?: NMA E-Newsletter #573

January 5, 2020 • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diet, SAFETY, VISION ZERO

The Complete Streets Act of 2019, U.S. House Bill 3663, is creating a lot of rhetorical questions on our part. In NMA E-Newsletter #552, the title question was “An Appropriate Balance for Whom?” in response to the bill’s declaration that the needs of walkers and bike riders must be accommodated before those of drivers on […]

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