by Randal O’Toole, from The Antiplanner blog Editor’s Note: The following content, reprinted in three parts over this and the following two NMA e-newsletters, is presented with permission from Randal O’Toole’s The Antiplanner, a blog whose tagline describes its point of view: “Dedicated to the sunset of government planning.” O’Toole is a senior fellow with the Cato […]
May 9, 2021 • AUTO INDUSTRY,
CALIFORNIA,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
GPS,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
LEGISLATION,
MINNESOTA,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OREGON,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road Usage Charge,
Road User Charge,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VMT Tax,
WASHINGTON Most experts agree that the way America funds infrastructure is broken. Many of our roads are in terrible shape. The Highway Trust Fund is nearly empty. Many local governments have difficulty paying for year-round road maintenance. The reasons vary. The federal and state gas taxes have never been adjusted for inflation. Many states divert funds […]
December 20, 2020 • ACLU,
ALPR,
CIVIL,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
VIRGINIA Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging ALPR tracking in court. The latest dispatch comes from Virginia. In 2015, motorist Harrison Neal started his legal battle over the Fairfax […]
November 15, 2020 • ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
GEORGIA,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
MAINE,
MARYLAND,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PEDESTRIAN,
PRIVACY,
Ridesharing,
Right to Repair,
Search Warrant,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
Voting Statewide ballot initiatives and local votes on infrastructure and transit have now been finalized from the November 3, 2020 election. Check out the final results below from the motorists’ rights statewide initiatives we outlined in the NMA weekly E-Newsletter #612. Important local election results follow the state ballot initiatives reporting. Statewide Ballot Initiatives Arkansas […]
October 4, 2020 • ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
Car Care,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Search Warrant,
VIRGINIA,
Voting The November 3rd election day is a month away, and mail-in voting has already begun in many states. If you have not cast your ballot yet, be sure to consider motorists’ rights issues in your decisions on which candidates and issues to support. Check out the NMA’s Motorists Vote 2020 Guide (a slideshow with a […]
