A basic principle held by the National Motorists Association is, “Reasonable highway user fees [are] for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects.” (See the other main NMA tenets here.) The recent class action lawsuit the NMA filed with truckers’ association OOIDA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for many years of excessive tolling […]
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Road User Fees May Be Necessary (But Reasonable is a Different Matter): NMA E-Newsletter #483
April 16, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, NMA, PENNSYLVANIA, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 2: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #469
January 8, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, CONNECTICUT, Mass Transit, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, New York City, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
To read Part 1, click HERE. New York City (NYC) finds itself in a transportation perfect storm. The subway system is at a breaking point. Residents are abandoning city buses by droves because it’s faster to walk most days. Ridesharing vehicles clog the already snarled streets. At the center of it all: the mayor and […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #468
January 1, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, MINNESOTA, OREGON, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
Motorist Alert: Find Out If You Are Eligible for a Refund of Florida Rental Car Toll Fees: NMA E-Newsletter #461
Motorists who rented a vehicle from Avis, Budget, or Payless in Florida between January 1, 2010 and July 10, 2017 may be eligible for a refund per a settlement reached between the Florida Attorney General’s (AG) office and Avis Budget Group, Inc. The NMA first complained about the exorbitant administrative fees that the rental car […]
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