21 Alerts From the VMT Tag

Funding for Road Infrastructure–Never Seems to be Enough: NMA E-Newsletter #721

November 6, 2022 • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, mileage-based user fee, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX

Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile. Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure. It never seems […]

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Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset: NMA E-Newsletter #699

June 5, 2022 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, Road Safety, Safe Streets, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Traffic Fatalities, VISION ZERO, VMT

Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its estimate of 2021 U.S. traffic fatalities. A Reuters headline blared, “U.S. traffic fatalities surge 10.5% in 2021 to highest count since 2005,” followed by the lede, “Traffic deaths surged after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020 as more drivers engaged in unsafe behavior like speeding and […]

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The Relationship between Population Growth and Congestion: NMA E-Newsletter #676

December 26, 2021 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Induced Demand, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VMT

By NMA Board Member Christopher DiPrima In previous newsletters (A Primer on Induced Demand Part 1 and Part 2), I outlined the complicated relationship between new highway lane capacity and induced demand – a much-misunderstood concept, which is often summarized incorrectly as, “you can’t build your way out of congestion.” In those newsletters, I described […]

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Infrastructure Urgency, Part 3: NMA E-Newsletter #662

September 19, 2021 • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, GPS TRACKING, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, Motorcycle, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, TOLLING, tolls, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX

Layered levels of taxation are nothing new to motorists. The gas tax, road tolls, congestion pricing, registration fees, and even wheel taxes are commonplace. Congress is looking at us hungrily again as being ripe for the picking as it debates the final details of desperately needed transportation infrastructure funding. The idea is not new. In […]

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Infrastructure Urgency, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #659

August 29, 2021 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NMA, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, speed limits, Traffic Safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, VMT

Two weeks ago, the NMA launched an information campaign directed at the top aides of U.S. Congressional members who sit on either the Senate or House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committees. One single-topic email is sent per week on issues contained within the massive proposed legislation to fund an upgrade of the nation’s transportation-ish infrastructure. […]

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