Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in October 2020 as an NMA E-Newsletter #614. If you would like to receive our one-topic weekly E-Newsletter, join the NMA today. Reason Foundation’s Transportation Guru Robert Poole released a study in August of how nine states could financially benefit if they were to lease their toll road systems to […]
26 Blog Posts From the Congestion Pricing Tag
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A State Should Never Lease Its Roads
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November 25, 2020
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AFTI, Congestion Pricing, Infrastructure, NMA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING
Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Fall 2020 Update
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September 23, 2020
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ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, LEGISLATION, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls
Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association has been partnering with the Alliance or ATFI for many years and is proud to bring their latest update to the NMA’s Tolling in America Blog. With the ongoing global pandemic caused by COVID-19, toll roads continue to see decreased users and vital traffic, leading to a freefall of […]
Don’t Let Congestion Pricing Take Hold in the US
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August 24, 2020
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ALPR, Bicycle, Congestion Pricing, Congestion Tolling, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLLING, tolls, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety
Before the pandemic, cities around the country were talking about implementing congestion pricing. Experts believe that charging a fee for parts of streets and highways used the most at the busiest times of day reduces demand. They believe that this tax incentivizes drivers to switch to other modes, other routes, or even travel at different […]
Are Tolls already a Done Deal when Officials ask for Public Comments?
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August 10, 2020
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Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Gas Taxes, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, Traffic Congestion
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, funding new roads and bridges has been challenging. Inevitably, the idea of creating tolls to fund new builds or rebuilds comes up for discussion. Sometimes toll roads are ramrodded through with little public input as happened in Florida recently. Residents in San Clemente, California, have been organizing for years against […]
Tolls in America—a New Reality?
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July 27, 2020
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Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, HOV, Infrastructure, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls
Private toll companies and state toll agencies have run up against a funding crisis just like the rest of the country. As mentioned in the last Tolling in America blog, if private toll companies are a part of a PPP or Public-Private Partnership, they might bail (as has been done before) if the money they […]
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