By NMA Member Tom Beckett Editor’s Note: This post is the second in at least a three-part on the complicated funding for roads in a mostly rural state. Check out Part 1 of the Arkansas Report. Back in 2012, Arkansas voters approved a half-cent sales tax increase to generate revenue dedicated to transportation. With this […]
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Driving in America—Arkansas Report Part 1
February 7, 2020
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Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, REVENUE GENERATION, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion
By NMA Member Tom Beckett This is the first of a series of occasional reports on the activity of the Arkansas legislature regarding highway transportation. I’ll cover not only various legislative acts but also other things of motorist interest that come to my attention here in the Natural State. To begin, an overview of how […]
Many Reasons Why to Fight Road Diets in your Town: Keep the US Moving for February 5, 2020
February 5, 2020
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Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, Complete Streets Watch, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, KUSM, LEGISLATION, NMA, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, road safety, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director This blog is a collaboration between the National Motorists Association and the Keep the US Moving (KUSM) group written and curated by NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn (with some guest authors as indicated). The KUSM weekly blog focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero […]
Virginia Tax Relief—Right!
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January 28, 2020
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Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Exhaust Sniffers, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSPECTION FEE, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, VMT, VMT Tax
Car dealers are amateurs when it comes to the bait-and-switch. The true masters of this art are politicians such as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He tantalizes empty-pocketed taxpayers whose pockets are empty, with lower taxes in exchange for higher ones. Of course, he doesn’t quite put it that way, much less explain what he’s up to, […]
Shenanigans Abound in the Washington State Ballot Initiative over Car Fees: NMA E-Newsletter #575
January 20, 2020
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Bicycle, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION
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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