Around the country, the “war on cars” has become apparent. From New York’s congestion pricing scheme to the onslaught of road diets and protected bike lanes to “reallocate” the public space away from cars, there is hardly anywhere you can travel without experiencing the increased hassle and cost of driving your personal vehicle.
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse the woke transportation trends at the U.S. Department of Transportation under former Secretary Pete Buttigieg, many state and city governments remain committed to punishing drivers.
One specific tool being used to implement the anti-car, woke transportation agenda is vehicle mileage limits and taxes. For example, in Washington State, they passed a law that sets a target of reducing vehicle miles traveled per capita by 50% by 2050. Their department of transportation is empowered to create policies and strategies that would effectively force people to give up their cars. And of course, for our neighbors to the West, California lawmakers have proposed a mileage tax or “road charge” determined by how many miles a person drives in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and endlessly subsidize their failed transit system. Implementing this would require invasive measures such as reporting odometer readings or installing “special plug-in devices.” This kind of Orwellian intrusion on our freedom to travel privately has no place in any American city, even in California.
This week, Arizona legislative Republicans took a huge step to protect our state from these insane California-style, anti-car policies. With the passage of SCR1004 (the Freedom to Move Act), sponsored by Senator Jake Hoffman (Queen Creek), Arizona voters will decide in November 2026 whether to enshrine a first-in-the-nation constitutional protection against taxing, tracking, and limiting our vehicle miles traveled.
“The Arizona Free Enterprise Club has been fighting for the Freedom to Move Act since 2023,” said Scot Mussi, the Club’s President. “We are thrilled that our Republican-majority legislature chose to give voters the ability to protect their way of life by preserving our freedom to travel by personal vehicle in our state.”
President Trump and Secretary Duffy are doing critical work at the federal level to reverse the wokeness that has infected transportation policies and funding at the department and across the country. Now Arizona is leading the way on showing other states how they can pass their own protections for drivers and keep their states free too.
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