By Christopher M. DiPrima, NMA Board Member Editor’s Note: We touched on induced demand—the theory that as highway capacity increases, demand does also, thereby creating a never-ending need for more capacity—in NMA E-Newsletter #599 last year. In light of the current infrastructure negotiations in Washington, and the ongoing effort to reshape urban land use by […]
President Biden announced earlier this year that he wanted 50 percent of all cars sold in 2030 to be electric. But is that practical? Car-buying decisions by consumers are just one piece of the puzzle. According to the US Department of Energy, the nation has over 43,000 public charging stations with about 105,000 individual outlets. […]
September 19, 2021 • Congestion Pricing,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
GPS,
GPS TRACKING,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
LEGISLATION,
Motorcycle,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road User Charge,
TOLLING,
tolls,
VMT,
VMT Tax,
WHEEL TAX Layered levels of taxation are nothing new to motorists. The gas tax, road tolls, congestion pricing, registration fees, and even wheel taxes are commonplace. Congress is looking at us hungrily again as being ripe for the picking as it debates the final details of desperately needed transportation infrastructure funding. The idea is not new. In […]
September 12, 2021 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road User Charge,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
School Bus Cameras,
School Bus Stop Arm Cameras,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Tickets,
VISION ZERO The sausage-making is in full swing as opposing parties in Washington wrestle the Senate’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the House’s $3.5 trillion version to the ground. In Infrastructure Urgency, Part 1, NMA E-Newsletter #659, we shared the first two in a series of NMA emails directed to members of the Transportation & Infrastructure […]
September 5, 2021 • Driver Courtesy,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LANE COURTESY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Parking,
Road Rage,
SAFETY,
TEXTING,
ZIPPER MERGE Welcome to Driver Courtesy Month! This month-long educational program promotes the idea that we should all be courteous drivers. We can all pursue the Golden Rule of Driving—drive like you want others to drive. Along with the NMA’s largest media campaign in recent years, we are supporting Driver Courtesy Month with information on the NMA’s […]
