October 8, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PPP,
Public Private Partnership,
ROAD-USER FEES,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING In late September, President Donald Trump changed his mind on PPPs or Public-Private Partnerships, one of his bedrock funding mechanisms for funding infrastructure. He campaigned on the idea of utilizing PPPs and seemed to be for the idea all the way up until he reversed his support when talking to the House Ways and Means […]
Last October the Massachusetts Turnpike switched to all-electronic tolling (AET). Now that Bay State commuters are several months into traveling a cashless turnpike, we asked members how that is working out. More states will undoubtedly be transitioning to AET in the coming years so it is a topic of interest for most NMA members. There […]
November 13, 2016 • ALABAMA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
GEORGIA,
ILLINOIS,
INDIANA,
MAINE,
MICHIGAN,
NEVADA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OREGON,
PPP,
SAFETY,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
TEXAS,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON The entire country shared a sigh of relief when the election in-fighting finally ended this week. Before the election, President-elect Donald Trump released his ideas on rebuilding America’s infrastructure. He said he wants to put a trillion dollars into rebuilding infrastructure over the next 10 years without raising taxes. He plans to do this through […]
By K.C. Green, P.E., NMA North Carolina Member Been stuck in traffic lately? Well join the club. What could be more frustrating than piddling along at 5 mph when the speed limit’s 70? It’s about the same time you say to yourself (or fellow passenger), “Why don’t they widen this (fill in the blank) road?” […]
October 2, 2016 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
INDIANA,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
RHODE ISLAND,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN From guest writer Clark Barrineau of the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates In the fall of 2015, Congress passed a five-year federal transportation bill. This law placed a “use-it-or-lose-it” provision on the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP)—a pilot program for tolling existing interstates. The three tolling pilot program slots are currently held by […]
