November 27, 2022 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
CALIFORNIA,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GPS,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OREGON,
Road Safety,
speed limits,
Technology,
VISION ZERO All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]
November 20, 2022 • CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
infrastructure,
MAINE,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEBRASKA,
NEVADA,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OHIO,
TEXAS,
Voting,
Washington State,
WEST VIRGINIA Here is how Americans voted on ballot initiatives that the NMA outlined in Newsletter #719. The following election results came from Ballotpedia unless listed otherwise. Here are some articles from the national perspective on motorist and transportation issues: Voters Across the Country Support Public Transportation at the Ballot Box (APTA Center for Transportation Excellence) It’s […]
We still need gas stations as long as we drive internal combustion engines (ICE). That’s obviously a given. According to Kelley Blue Book, though, automakers sold 576,000 EVs in the last nine months–a whopping 70-percent increase during the previous year. If we continue buying electric vehicles (EVs) at this pace, we will need electric […]
October 23, 2022 • CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
MAINE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEBRASKA,
NEVADA,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OHIO,
TEXAS,
Washington State,
WEST VIRGINIA Mid-term elections on November 8th draw near. Here is a list of ballot initiatives that directly affect motorists around the country. No matter your political stance, the National Motorist Association encourages all motorists to vote in every local election. Remember–all traffic is local and your vote can make a difference in how streets and roads […]
Back in the 1960s: Joni Mitchell once sang: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” But city planners who once were blamed for creating space for cars are now reversing direction. The new strategy is to “save paradise and take away a parking lot.” How did we get here? The only way to […]
