June 24, 2018 • CALIFORNIA,
Car Care,
CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE,
Drone,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA,
NEBRASKA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
PENNSYLVANIA,
PPP,
Public Private Partnership,
Technology,
TEXAS Nothing worse than hitting a pothole you can’t avoid on the road. Not only is it jarring and disruptive to your driving but it can also damage your car. AAA reports that American drivers pay an estimated $3 billion per year to repair cars damaged by potholes. AAA Manager of Technical Services Michael Calkins said […]
April 22, 2018 • CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Ridesharing,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON D.C. The math is simple. More cars on the streets equals more traffic congestion. Ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber have tipped that delicate balance between street traffic and transit alternatives. Many city officials are finally taking notice. In a recent Boston survey of 944 rideshare users over four weeks in late 2017, nearly six […]
April 1, 2018 • ARIZONA,
AUTO INDUSTRY,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
HAWAII,
IDAHO,
New York City,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
SAFETY,
Technology,
TEXTING,
WASHINGTON Have we become a nation of cellphone zombies? Many experts believe that the increase in distracted driving, in particular using a cellphone to text while driving, has been a big factor in the increase of traffic fatalities since 2009. Another factor apparently is distracted walking. Pedestrian deaths account for 16 percent of all traffic fatalities. […]
As sunroofs become more popular with new car buyers, questions abound whether they are safe or not. In October 2017, Consumer Reports (CR) came out with a scathing study on sunroofs that seem to shatter for no reason. Over the past 22 years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had received 859 complaints of […]
February 18, 2018 • ACLU,
CALIFORNIA,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIRGINIA Most people’s interaction with a police officer is usually during a traffic stop. The anxiety and fear that most of us feel when stopped by a police officer makes it worse when we believe we have done nothing wrong or thought we were doing the right thing. Placed in jeopardy of receiving a ticket or […]
