“The “Pay Per Mile” Scandal: States are Making You Pay BIG TIME!”

By Lauren Fix More toll roads are coming to your state, be prepared as states begin to convert highway, roads and street into toll lanes.  You will have to pay for every mile driven. Governments are trying to tax us in to submission to take mass transit. Who does this really hurt, service workers, landscapers, plumbers […]

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 […]

Pennsylvania Goes Tollistic

Editor’s Note: After we posted this Tolling in America Blog, Car and Driver posted an article with a headline question: Can You Name the World’s Most Expensive Toll Road? and guess what? It is the great state of Pennsylvania!    Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation decided this month to place tolls on nine bridges located on […]

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 […]

A License Plate to Remember

Editor’s Note:  This post originally was sent to member as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #490 in June 2018. If you would like to receive the one-topic per week NMA newsletter, become a member today! When you join you receive many other member benefits plus help us help you keep up with motorists’ rights issues like this.  […]

How a Surveillance State Affects Motorists’ Privacy?

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic of the Mass Privatel Blog First of all, let’s define a surveillance state, which will ultimately help us understand how a surveillance state affects motorists’ privacy. A 2013 Privacy International Blog took on that task with a look towards the United Kingdom. The UK data protection […]

What’s Going on With the New Florida Toll Roads?

In the 2019 Florida legislative session, Governor Ron de Santos and friends pushed through without much public comment three new toll roads for the state’s western rural part. The powers-that-be seemed to ramrod the whole thing down residents’ throats even though there were loud objections from area residents and environmental groups. Since that time, rarely […]

Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Fall 2020 Update

Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association has been partnering with the Alliance or ATFI for many years and is proud to bring their latest update to the NMA’s Tolling in America Blog. With the ongoing global pandemic caused by COVID-19, toll roads continue to see decreased users and vital traffic, leading to a freefall of […]