June 23, 2019
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ACLU,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
License Plate Readers,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OREGON,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
Technology
GeekWire posted last month that Portland, Oregon quietly launched a controversial mobile location data project with partner Sidewalk Labs (a subsidiary of Alphabet–which is the parent company of Google). In this year-long pilot program, the city has authorized that people, who have smartphones, will be tracked without their consent or knowledge. Portland is using software […]
April 7, 2019
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ALPR,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
New York City,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Scooter,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
UTAH,
VMT Tax
By 2021, New York City will begin charging drivers who enter Manhattan below Central Park under the guise of congestion pricing. No one is surprised. City and state officials have been trying to make this happen for years. The rare alignment of views between the governor, the mayor, and the state legislature─each likely motivated by […]
Dear Portland, Oregon NMA Members, Scooters, Scooters Everywhere! Oh, No! Here is your chance to give your two cents on scooters in your city. The Portland Bureau of Transportation has designed a survey for the city to help plan for a new, one-year E-Scooter Pilot Program that will begin in the early spring 2019. From […]
March 11, 2018
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ALASKA,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IDAHO,
ILLINOIS,
Kentucky,
LOUISIANA,
MAINE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
MONTANA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OKLAHOMA,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Real ID,
RHODE ISLAND,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON D.C.
With the February 25, 2018 newsletter regarding the advent of digital driver’s licenses, it is an appropriate time to provide an update on the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. Over the past 12 years, the NMA and other civil liberties organizations have lobbied against REAL ID which in effect would convert your […]
December 31, 2017
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
MINNESOTA,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
