By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Could gas prices get any higher? Yes, they can and it is expected that gas and diesel prices will continue to increase. Federal officials are looking for ways to reduce pain at the pump as gas and diesel prices continue to soar. As Americans get ready for a busy […]
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Experts Warn of Power Grid Blackouts and Electric Cars
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach The government keeps telling everyone that the war on fossil fuels can be beaten by purchasing electric cars. Americans are in a bind. We can’t avoid fossil fuels, they are literally used in everything we touch every day. As the average cost of gasoline reaches $5 per gallon and […]
Mileage Tax Is Coming? Pay-Per-Mile AND Gas Tax
October 12, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach The government loves to spend your money. This is accomplished by more taxation and other user fees. The newest 3.5 trillion dollar infrastructure bill includes a “By The Mile Tax.” Those driving electric cars, which the government is pushing, will no longer be skirting road taxes, and they will […]
Should We Lean into a Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax?
• August 20, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Auto Privacy, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Usage Charge, Road User Charge, Traffic Congestion, VMT, VMT Tax
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in May as NMA E-Newsletter #643. Since we first posted this information, the Senate has passed an infrastructure bill that includes a federal program to gauge whether or not a federal vehicle miles traveled tax could work. In the interim, there has been little discussion about adjusting the gas […]
Overland Park, KS: Future of US Highway 69 and the Proposed Express Toll Lanes: NMA E-Newsletter #647
June 7, 2021 • 0 Comments • Congestion Pricing, ETL, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, NMA, Road Diets, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director On a recent Saturday evening, I spoke at a concerned-citizen Zoom meeting on the planned express toll lanes for US Highway 69 in Overland Park, Kansas. In researching the topic and listening to local residents and commuters, I thought it would be appropriate to write about the difficulty in […]
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