May 5, 2019 • Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SEAT BELT,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each work shift. The following commentary recently submitted to us by “Officer Frank” […]
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 […]
April 7, 2019 • ALPR,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
New York City,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Scooter,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
UTAH,
VMT Tax By 2021, New York City will begin charging drivers who enter Manhattan below Central Park under the guise of congestion pricing. No one is surprised. City and state officials have been trying to make this happen for years. The rare alignment of views between the governor, the mayor, and the state legislature─each likely motivated by […]
February 24, 2019 • DELAWARE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OOIDA,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Pennsylvania Turnpike PennDOT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TOLL,
TOLLING Abuses by tolling authorities continue to mount. The lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court by Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the NMA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for collecting inflated tolls to pay for projects unrelated to the operation and maintenance of the Turnpike continues under the purview of a federal judge. She […]
February 10, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
HAWAII,
ILLINOIS,
IOWA,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic Tickets,
VIRGINIA January and February are the heart of activity for many state legislative sessions across the country. Red-light cameras (RLCs) have certainly been the focus in a number of states. Bills in Colorado, Florida and Illinois are calling for outright bans. Legislators in Texas want to ban new camera programs while allowing existing installations to finish […]
