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Recent Reports Highlight Mileage-Based User Fees, Tolling, Other Transportation Issues

Friday, January 11, 2013 at 03:35 PM

I’m about to head to Washington, D.C. for the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting (more on that below). But before I hit the road, I thought I would leave you with a few links to some recent transportation-related reports and articles that might be worthy of your time. I have items on mileage-based user fees, the future of tolling, speed limits, the road building industry forecast for 2013, transit-oriented development and how to communicate the value of preserving infrastructure.

CSG Publications Highlight Austin Meeting, MAP-21 Project Delivery, Mileage-Based User Fees, Panama Canal Expansion

Sean Slone

Friday, October 26, 2012 at 02:07 PM

We have several new transportation-related publications here in the Knowledge Center this month. Here are a few updates and additional resources on the topics they address.

As REAL ID deadline nears, Iowa OKs plan for new licenses, ID cards

Tim Anderson

Friday, October 12, 2012 at 11:41 AM

Stateline MIdwest ~ October 2012

Iowa will issue driver’s licenses and state identification cards next year that meet the initial security standards set out under the federal government’s REAL ID program. According to the Quad City Times, all new driver’s license applicants will be given Iowa’s new cards. Individuals with existing licenses will not have to make the switch.

New Nebraska DUI law key to rise in use of interlock ignition devices

Tim Anderson

Friday, October 12, 2012 at 11:23 AM

Stateline Midwest ~ October 2012

A new Nebraska law is dramatically changing how DUI offenses are handled, the Lincoln Journal Star reports, with the use of interlock ignition devices on pace to increase by 20 percent in 2012.

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North Dakota lawmakers say speeding drivers should pay higher cost

Tim Anderson

Friday, September 14, 2012 at 12:11 PM

Stateline Midwest ~ September 2012

If a driver in North Dakota gets stopped by police for driving 65 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, he or she leaves the scene with a $10 fine. That amount is too low, an interim legislative committee has decided, as are many of the state’s penalties for speeding.

Transportation Performance Measures Get the Spotlight in MAP-21 and Upcoming CSG Webinar

Sean Slone

Friday, August 24, 2012 at 04:23 PM

While MAP-21, the surface transportation authorization bill approved by Congress this summer, had numerous provisions (and a few notable omissions), observers say the legislation’s establishment of transportation performance measures is one of the key reforms with the potential to be truly transformative for the federal-aid highway program. National transportation goals will be emphasized and there will be important roles for state governments and metropolitan planning organizations in developing performance measures and targets. CSG has long been a supporter of state performance measurement initiatives through efforts like our States Perform website. That’s why we jumped at the chance to host an upcoming webinar for Cambridge Systematics that will help the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) design a performance reporting approach that policymakers at all levels will find useful.

Michigan removes helmet requirement for motorcyclists; Nebraska now only Midwestern state with universal helmet law

Tim Anderson

Friday, July 27, 2012 at 01:11 PM

Stateline Midwest ~ May 2012

Michigan has repealed a state law requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets, leaving Nebraska as the lone state in the Midwest with such a law on the books.

Seat Belt Usage Rates

Shawn Marcum

Monday, July 23, 2012 at 04:28 PM

Primary seat belt enforcement laws, in which a person can be ticketed solely for not wearing a seat belt, have resulted in an increase in national seat belt usage rates and a corresponding decrease in the number of automobile fatalities.

Improving Transportation Options for Older Americans

Sean Slone

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 09:50 AM

As they age, seniors face many transportation challenges. There are numerous ways state governments can help meet these challenges both for seniors who are still behind the wheel and for those who are no longer able to drive. They include policies to make road and pedestrian infrastructure safer, improve access to public transportation and better coordinate limited transportation resources.

State Licensing Policies on Older Drivers

Sean Slone

Friday, March 30, 2012 at 10:26 AM

With the number of older Americans on the nation's roads on the rise, some states have turned to driver's license renewal policies to ensure that seniors remain fit to drive. But states seeking to adopt such policies often face opposition from senior citizen lobbying groups and must carefully weigh questions related to physician reporting, costs of new testing procedures and regulations and the efficacy of the policies in actually improving safety.

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