September 1, 2019 • Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
GPS TRACKING,
infrastructure,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road User Charge,
VMT,
VMT Tax We recently completed a series of newsletters (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) about the renewed calls for levying a set of surcharges–or thinly disguised taxes–on motorists to help rescue the Federal Highway Trust Fund. National calls are picking up in momentum for the implementation of a system of travel fees layered on top […]
August 4, 2019 • CALIFORNIA,
DELAWARE,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FHWA,
Fuel,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
HAWAII,
infrastructure,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
PRIVACY,
Road User Charge,
SAFETY,
Technology,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA,
VMT,
VMT Tax In Parts One and Two of this series, Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we explored what is happening on the national level and in Congress respectively. Road User Charges (RUC) are also called Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (VMT) or Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF). A number of states are experimenting […]
July 28, 2019 • CALIFORNIA,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
infrastructure,
MICHIGAN,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road Usage Charge,
TOLL ROAD,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VISION ZERO,
VMT,
VMT Tax Last week, in Part one of Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we examined the efforts of various groups that are currently pushing road user fees onto the American public. (A road user charge or RUC is also commonly referred to as the Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax or VMT Tax […]
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 21, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CIVIL,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Speed Cameras,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA In early April, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine approved an $8 billion, two-year transportation budget that included a 10.5 cents-per-gallon gas tax hike and a 19 cent hike on diesel fuel. Raising taxes is always controversial but what has the state’s mayors in a tizzy is something entirely different. When the governor signed off on the […]
