By Lauren Fix, Guest Blogger Well, this is very interesting – Wyoming has introduced state legislation to ban the sale of new electric vehicles by 2035 to ‘ensure the stability’ of its oil and gas industry. This, after car manufacturers and the federal government have pushed so hard to incentivize drivers to purchase or lease […]
162 Blog Posts From the REVENUE GENERATION Tag
Wyoming Bans Sale of Electric Vehicles by 2035 – What State is Next?: NMA E-Newsletter #732
January 30, 2023 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Gasoline, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, REVENUE GENERATION, WYOMING
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting—a Member Responds: NMA Newsletter #729
January 2, 2023 • 1 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, MUTCD, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limits, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
By Don Bain, NMA Oregon Member Editor’s Note: Don submitted these comments to the NMA National Office in response to Newsletter #724 Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting. While sound from an engineering perspective, there’s an inherent challenge with speed surveys and the 85% percentile speed point: establishing and documenting what “free-flowing conditions” are, […]
Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727
December 19, 2022 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE
If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]
Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident)
November 18, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #708 from August 2022. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, a weekly one-topic look at a motorist issue, click here. As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters […]
Lime Turns E-Scooters into Micromobility Surveillance Platforms
August 16, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Cameras, E-Scooters, Facial Recognition, GPS TRACKING, Infrastructure, license plate readers, Micromobility, PEDESTRIAN, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed, Technology
By Joe Cadillic, founder of Politically Incorrect News on Substack Under the guise of public safety, Lime’s E-scooters could soon be recording everyone and everything they see. A recent article in TechCrunch revealed that Lime’s advanced rider assistance technology (ARAT) will be using a camera to detect when riders are on sidewalks. “At a Lime event in Paris, the […]
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