112 Alerts From the REVENUE GENERATION Tag

NMA E-Newsletter #738: The Revenue-Hungry Rise of Automated Ticketing

April 30, 2023 • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Ticket Enforcement, Bus Lane Cameras, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Photo Enforcement, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE

By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research   For the past few years, we’ve been monitoring a concerning trend in traffic enforcement: a steady shift towards more and more automated ticketing. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be gaining momentum. In California, we’ve witnessed a surge of bills introduced that attempt to authorize various forms of […]

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Wyoming Bans Sale of Electric Vehicles by 2035 – What State is Next?: NMA E-Newsletter #732

January 29, 2023 • Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gasoline, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, REVENUE GENERATION, WYOMING

By Lauren Fix, Guest Blogger Well, this is very interesting – Wyoming has introduced state legislation to ban the sale of new electric vehicles by 2035 to ‘ensure the stability’ of its oil and gas industry. This, after car manufacturers and the federal government have pushed so hard to incentivize drivers to purchase or lease […]

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Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting—a Member Responds: NMA Newsletter #729

January 1, 2023 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, speed limits, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

By Don Bain, NMA Oregon Member  Editor’s Note: Don submitted these comments to the NMA National Office in response to Newsletter #724 Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting. While sound from an engineering perspective, there’s an inherent challenge with speed surveys and the 85% percentile speed point: establishing and documenting what “free-flowing conditions” are, […]

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Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727

December 18, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE

If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]

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Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident): NMA E-Newsletter #708

August 7, 2022 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters LLC. A recent city audit stated that the private company had already recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment plus $502.5 million more. According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Chicago parking meter revenue is back […]

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