By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog What does gridding mean? The Arizona Mirror recently described it this way: “As part of the training for the ALPR (automated license plate readers) systems, Chandler police officers are taught to “grid” neighborhoods during their downtime – systematically driving up and down every street in an area, indiscriminately […]
July 21, 2019 • ALPR,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
GPS,
GPS TRACKING,
infrastructure,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
PPP,
Public Private Partnership,
Road Usage Charge,
Technology,
TOLL ROAD,
VMT,
VMT Tax A road user charge or RUC (also referred to as the Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax or VMT Tax and Mileage Based User Fees or MBUF) currently permeates nearly every discussion of how our country will pay for infrastructure in the future. Many transportation planners and elected officials seem to agree the time has come to […]
April 7, 2019 • ALPR,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
New York City,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Scooter,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
UTAH,
VMT Tax By 2021, New York City will begin charging drivers who enter Manhattan below Central Park under the guise of congestion pricing. No one is surprised. City and state officials have been trying to make this happen for years. The rare alignment of views between the governor, the mayor, and the state legislature─each likely motivated by […]
March 31, 2019 • ALPR,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
LANE COURTESY,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MISSISSIPPI,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH DAKOTA,
RADAR,
RADAR DETECTOR,
ROADBLOCK,
SCHOOL BUS,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET FINES,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA,
WEST VIRGINIA Today we complete the first full calendar quarter of reporting motorist-related activity that is passing through state and federal legislatures. The NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Bill Tracker) was introduced in the Winter 2019 issue of Driving Freedoms and went live on Motorists.org in early January when most states began new legislative sessions. Only three months in […]
February 17, 2019 • ALPR,
AUTO INDUSTRY,
Digital Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
LICENSE PLATE,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
RENTAL CAR,
SAFETY,
Technology,
TEXAS,
TOLLING From guest writer Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatel blog The die has been cast, whether it’s digital driver’s licenses, digital license plates, license plate readers or facial recognition cameras. Everyone from private corporations to law enforcement follows the same script; offer Americans customer loyalty rewards programs in exchange for the loss of their privacy. Surveillance […]
