From guest writer, Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatal blog The future of privacy in big cities is bleak—cities are now getting paid to convert street lights into spying SmartNodes. What are SmartNodes you ask? SmartNodes will soon replace street lights, because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers, etc., all-in-one light pole. For example, the […]
October 15, 2017
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Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
BLUE LIGHT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IOWA,
MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA,
MISSISSIPPI,
NEBRASKA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OREGON,
RED LIGHT,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING,
TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
It should. Bismarck, North Dakota and St. Louis County, Minnesota are among communities that will soon be installing blue lights at signalized intersections with the intent of catching red-light runners. Omni Directional Law Enforcement Confirmation Lights – the acronym ODLECL rolls right off the tongue – are simply blue lights that begin flashing as soon […]
October 13, 2017
Dear NMA Pennsylvania Member, Please contact the chair and members of the PA House Transportation Committee plus your own House Rep and ask them to vote NO on two similar bills (SB 172 and HB 1748) that will put speed cams in works zones. In another move to take money from safe drivers, the Pennsylvania […]
October 8, 2017
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PPP,
Public Private Partnership,
ROAD-USER FEES,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING
In late September, President Donald Trump changed his mind on PPPs or Public-Private Partnerships, one of his bedrock funding mechanisms for funding infrastructure. He campaigned on the idea of utilizing PPPs and seemed to be for the idea all the way up until he reversed his support when talking to the House Ways and Means […]
October 1, 2017
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CALIFORNIA,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IOWA,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OHIO,
SAFETY,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
VIRGINIA
When a motorist receives a traffic ticket the expectation is that if you plead guilty or are found guilty, you pay the fine. Most of us would agree that if you break the law then you should pay for it. But what if you really cannot “pay for it” due to life circumstances? The Falls […]
