July 17, 2016 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LICENSE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMSL,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC STOP Something has to change. In a day and age when traffic stops become literal life-and-death episodes, or at least become the spark that can set off a tinderbox of protest and violence, the interactions between police and motorists need to be examined more closely. Jim Walker, perhaps the NMA’s most prolific member in lobbying for […]
May 29, 2016 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MARYLAND,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE Red-light cameras are the biggest local boondoggle ever. Lafayette, Louisiana was recently in the news because the city-parish council decided to extend their red-light camera program another year despite the fact that $12.4 million dollars had not been collected on over 211,000 photo enforced tickets since the program’s inception nine years ago. But the story […]
April 10, 2016 • CONNECTICUT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
PETITION,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN,
WYOMING After nearly two decades of action at the federal level, the battle to toll existing interstates is now shifting to the states, thanks to the federal transportation bill passed last fall. That bill, called the FAST Act, made changes to a federal program known as the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP). This […]
March 27, 2016 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
LEGISLATION,
LETTER WRITING,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TOWING,
WEST VIRGINIA The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2016. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Opposed House Bill 2366 which would revise Arizona’s red-light camera law […]
March 20, 2016 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA BLOG,
Parking,
PPP,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING Back in 2012 Texas State Highway 130, a 41-mile stretch of toll road between Austin and San Antonio, made headlines for posting the highest speed limit in the country—a whopping 85 mph. Today, SH 130 is making headlines for a different reason. The company that runs it just declared bankruptcy. Even with the high speed […]
