February 9, 2020 • Bicyclist,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
PEDESTRIAN,
Red-Light Camera,
Road Diet,
Road Safety,
Speed Cameras,
speed limits,
TRAFFIC CALMING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
Traffic Safety,
VISION ZERO By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director, and writer of the Keep the US Moving Blog. When did traffic safety become the purview of Big Bike and Vision Zero? In my experience, many motorists are hybrids: motorist/pedestrian, motorist/bicyclist, etc. The collective “We” are absolutely concerned about traffic safety. But why does it then feel like it […]
We recently updated and republished a popular post, Do Vision Zero Programs Equal More Traffic Accidents?, on the NMA Blog. The article points to several examples of cities where pedestrian/bicyclist accident and fatalities rates have not improved, and in many instances have increased, after expensive Vision Zero programs have been implemented. Such programs have the […]
January 5, 2020 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PEDESTRIAN,
Road Diet,
SAFETY,
VISION ZERO The Complete Streets Act of 2019, U.S. House Bill 3663, is creating a lot of rhetorical questions on our part. In NMA E-Newsletter #552, the title question was “An Appropriate Balance for Whom?” in response to the bill’s declaration that the needs of walkers and bike riders must be accommodated before those of drivers on […]
November 3, 2019 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Complete Streets,
Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ITE,
LEGISLATION,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
Parking,
PEDESTRIAN,
SAFETY,
Scooter,
TOLL,
VISION ZERO Last week in Part 1, we shared some posts made on the Institute of Transportation Engineers Member Forum that started a debate about the efficacy of the Vision Zero goals. The discussion in that thread — “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” — was too varied and interesting to fit into the contents […]
October 27, 2019 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
ITE,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
PEDESTRIAN,
ROAD-USER FEES,
SAFETY,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VISION ZERO Buckle up and get comfortable. This will be a bit of a journey. We recently became aware of a fascinating thread on the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Member Forum titled, “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” Access to the Forum is restricted, but we were able to capture much of the debate […]