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Why Haven’t Toll Road Charges Been Reduced?

  By James Baxter, NMA President The proponents of toll roads and the use of variable pricing to mitigate congestion seem to be sending mixed signals. Not very long ago the use of new technology to charge motorists a fee every time they ...

Funding Our Highways

By James Baxter, NMA President The Bush administration just released another version of their plan to shift responsibility for highway funding to the “users.” This isn’t a bad idea, except that’s exactly the situation that has largely existed for most of ...

Fuel Economy & Toll Roads: Using One Problem To Solve Another

By NMA President, James Baxter In the February issue of Car and Driver Magazine there were two articles that, in their own way dovetailed together to answer a question no one is ...

EZ-Pass Or EZ-Cash? Why Toll Roads Are A Bad Idea

By NMA President, James Baxter Electronic transponder technology, like E-ZPass, is making toll roads more palatable, but that doesn't mean toll roads are good public policy. Toll roads are an inefficient, backwards approach to providing public highways. Worse, they foster corruption, ...

The 10 Biggest Injustices Against Motorists In October

It has been a rough month for drivers across the country. Abuses of power continue to run rampant while the public remains surprisingly apathetic. We've put together a list of the ten biggest injustices against motorists this month in ...

Texas Toll Authorities Double-Bill 50,000 Drivers & Have No Plans To Stop In The Future

According to a report in the Austin American Statesman, motorists on three Austin toll roads have been double-billed since charges began in January. One out of every 600 vehicles was double-billed in that time period. The money ...