Even before the COVID-19 crisis, funding new roads and bridges has been challenging. Inevitably, the idea of creating tolls to fund new builds or rebuilds comes up for discussion. Sometimes toll roads are ramrodded through with little public input as happened in Florida recently. Residents in San Clemente, California, have been organizing for years against […]
28 Blog Posts From the infrastructure funding Tag
Are Tolls already a Done Deal when Officials ask for Public Comments?
• August 10, 2020 • 0 Comments • Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Gas Taxes, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, Traffic Congestion
Rails-to-Trails and other Insights
August 7, 2020 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Gas Tax, infrastructure funding, Traffic Congestion
By NMA Member Art Delagrange I retired at 55. Now approaching 80, I haven’t been able to cycle the last few years, but before that, I spent much time cycling, mostly on rail/canal trails. I have operated locomotives on rails that later became a trail and a shared rail & trail. I think rails to […]
Is it Really Tough Times for Toll Roads Ahead?
July 13, 2020 • 0 Comments • ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, OOIDA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The website Chief Investment Officer posted in June a lament for how tough it is for toll roads right now. Here’s a quote, “The typically stable asset class has been hit as traffic levels have dropped 40 percent to 85 percent globally, S&P analysts say.” So the website tells […]
6 Key Connectivity Requirements of Autonomous Vehicles
• July 5, 2020 • 0 Comments • 5G, Auto Industry, DRIVERLESS CARS, infrastructure funding, LIDAR, LTE, RADAR, SAFETY, Technology, tolls, Traffic Signals, V2V, V2X
Creating a safe and reliable autonomous vehicle or AV would indeed be an immensely achievable landmark for humankind. The AV race is on with Ford, Tesla, Apple, Renault, Uber, and many other automakers competing for technical expertise and becoming the “first” to launch. That last five to ten percent of the journey, though, appears to […]
More Fallout in Pennsylvania over Turnpike’s Elimination of 500 Jobs
June 22, 2020 • 0 Comments • Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Fuel Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, LEGISLATION, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Technology, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The technology revolution grinds on, and more jobs will be eliminated as more companies realize they can automate functions. That’s exactly what happened in Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 Crisis. Due to the pandemic, the state’s turnpike commission stopped accepting cash payments for tolls due to safety and announced this […]
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