“This article originally appeared on TheNewspaper.com, (“Driving Politics”) and is reprinted with their kind permission.” Federally funded report explores the possibility of turning every mile of interstate highway into a toll road. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a report saying motorists ought to pay up to $70 billion in higher […]
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National Academies Report Demands $70 Billion In Highway Tolls, Taxes: NMA E-Newsletter #521
January 7, 2019
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Congestion Tolling, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion
No More Toll Roads
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March 16, 2018
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ALPR, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, NMA, PPP, PRIVACY, Public Private Partnership, Speed Limits, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion
The National Motorist Association does not support toll roads or user fees intended to limit or ration the use of public roads. Not only are tolls an inefficient and backwards approach to providing funding for transportation, they foster corruption and political patronage. When states rely on tolls to build and maintain one stretch of highway, […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: December 25, 2017
December 25, 2017
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HIGH OCCUPANCY, Mass Transit, Red-Light Cameras, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, Speed Cameras, TheNewspaper, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING, YELLOW LIGHTS
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –TX Appeals Court takes on RLCS– –WA State Toll Experiment a Failure– –Editorial: $44 Tolls just the beginning– Friday, December 22, 2017 Oregon: Federal Judge Sides With Anti-Camera Engineer Oregon officials admittedly violated the free speech rights of a man who criticized the use of red-light cameras. A federal magistrate […]
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