By Thomas Beckett, Arkansas NMA Member Initially, I had wanted to write my next post on how Amendment 100 would be implemented. This amendment entails casino gambling and how those casino taxes will be assessed and distributed to support highway funding. Instead of how the casino taxes will help fund infrastructure in Arkansas, I decided […]
Hammer Down! Highway Speed Limits Increase in Arkansas
June 26, 2020
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85TH PERCENTILE, FHWA, IIHS, LEGISLATION, MUTCD, Speed Limits, traffic safety, VMT
Driving Across the Country in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis and Civil Unrest
By Bob Morrow, Montana NMA Member In late May, I had to fly from Montana back to the Buffalo, New York area to pick up my dad’s car and drive it back to Montana. Dad is 84 and can’t drive anymore. I grew up near Buffalo, but I’ve been living in Montana for most of […]
Summer Update from the ALLIANCE FOR TOLL-FREE INTERSTATES
June 12, 2020
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ATFI, E-ZPass, Gas Taxes, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, Mass Transit, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Usage Charge, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING
Editor’s Note: The ATFI is a coalition (of which the NMA is a member) which work tirelessly to maintain the longstanding policy of protecting existing interstates from new tolls. ATFI’s Charlie Kiefer has given the NMA permission to showcase the summer update. Due to the current global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the tolling industry has […]
Urban activists and officials dishonestly use “temporary” pilot projects to impose permanent policies
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the Washington State Policy Center Blog and was written by Mariya Frost, director of the Center’s Cole Center for Transportation. Ms. Frost has given the NMA permission to use her post dated May 28, 2020. Not letting “a crisis go to waste,” urban activists and public officials in […]
Law Enforcement is Using License Plate Readers to “Grid” Entire Neighborhoods
May 29, 2020
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ACLU, ALPR, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, PRIVACY, Technology
By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #554 from August 2019. If you would like to receive our weekly Email Newsletter, please join the NMA today and help us fight automated license plate readers or ALPRs wherever they might be. Since April 2020, guest writer […]
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