Tag: LEGISLATION

ATFI Letter to President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg on the American Jobs Plan and Tolling in Infrastructure

Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association supports the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates and this letter to our nation’s leaders on tolling in America. Dear President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg: The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) is a growing alliance of individuals, businesses and organizations advocating for long-term, sustainable, efficient, equitable, and sensible highway infrastructure funding […]

Will DUI Laws Change With Self-Driving Vehicles?

Self-driving cars have seen rapid advancement and adoption in the US over the past several years. Many new vehicles already include features like automatic brakes and parking. It comes as no surprise, then, that General Motors, Ford and other automakers are investing in fully autonomous vehicles, following Tesla’s lead.” Of course, these new developments within […]

Should We Lean into a Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax?: NMA E-Newsletter #643

Most experts agree that the way America funds infrastructure is broken. Many of our roads are in terrible shape. The Highway Trust Fund is nearly empty. Many local governments have difficulty paying for year-round road maintenance. The reasons vary. The federal and state gas taxes have never been adjusted for inflation. Many states divert funds […]

The Legal Obliteration of Due Process: NMA E-Newsletter #642

Coercion is an ugly word, but lawmakers have been known to use it as a blunt weapon to force compliance by the very people they represent. The latest and all-too-blatant example of legislative intimidation is contained within California Senate Bill 111. While this bill is about the use of school bus automated enforcement, a topic […]

Long-term Implications of Working from Home

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #624. If you would like to receive the weekly newsletter via email, subscribe today! You might not think telecommuting is a motorist issue, but you’re mistaken. Recently, various news outlets stated that almost half of the 160 million American workers commute from home due to the pandemic. Even […]

Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Spring 2021 Update

At the one-year anniversary of COVID-19’s official arrival in the United States, state governments face unprecedented budget shortfalls as they search for ways to raise revenues for transportation projects in the absence of the proper funds. The pandemic has kept people off of roads across the country, and transportation departments from Pennsylvania to Wyoming are […]

If You Bought It, Do You Own It—Right to Repair

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA magazine Driving Freedoms Winter 2021 edition. If you would like to receive the NMA quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! Massachusetts’ voters, by nearly 75 percent, demanded their right-to-repair on November 3, 2020. Voters were under the impression that casting their ballots for Question 1, would […]

Interstate Driver License Compact Update

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Fall 2020 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s Quarterly Magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to support the NMA, become a member today! Tennessee joined 46 other states and the District of Columbia this summer in the Interstate Driver License Compact. States use the Compact to […]

Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Winter 2020/2021 Update

“We’ve gotten precious little help from the federal government,” Pennsylvania State Representative Tim Hennessey recently said as he touted his support for a new network of tolls on the commonwealth’s major bridges. States are pleading for more federal help as our nation continues to work on rebounding from the crippling economic effects of the COVID-19 […]