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 […]
66 Blog Posts From the Gas Tax Tag
Again, The Lines are Drawn in Ohio: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #536
April 22, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, Driver's License, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA
NMA Principle Number 6: Reasonable highway user fees for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects
• April 12, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Congestion Pricing, Corruption, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
Are Drivers Losing the War on Cars?
January 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Cameras, Bicycle, Driver's License, Gas Tax, LETTER WRITING, NMA, Policing for Profit, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TOLL, Toll Roads, VISION ZERO
This piece first appeared as weekly NMA E-Newsletter #511 on October 28, 2018. Even though drivers constitute what should be the largest voting block in the country, you would never know it by apathetic motorists who drive blissfully unaware until they are confronted with the reality of the war on cars—which is essentially an effort […]
National Academies Report Demands $70 Billion In Highway Tolls, Taxes: NMA E-Newsletter #521
January 7, 2019 • 0 Comments • Congestion Tolling, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion
“This article originally appeared on TheNewspaper.com, (“Driving Politics”) and is reprinted with their kind permission.” Federally funded report explores the possibility of turning every mile of interstate highway into a toll road. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a report saying motorists ought to pay up to $70 billion in higher […]
Ballot Decisions that Affect Motorists–2018 Version: NMA E-Newsletter #513
The mid-term elections are officially over. Ballotpedia stated this week on its website that voters in 37 states decided a total of 155 statewide ballot measures. Not all, of course, were motorist related but a few certainly were. We have also included some important county or city ballot issues that asked voters to raise the […]
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