735 Alerts From the EMAIL NEWSLETTER Tag

Too Many Red-Light Camera Scandals in Illinois: NMA E-Newsletter #579

February 16, 2020 • Corruption, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLINOIS, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET REVENUE

Over the past several months, the latest Illinois red-light camera corruption case has unfolded. The 2014 Redflex bribery scandal preceded the current mess. Several company and public officials went to jail, and in 2017, Redflex paid the city of Chicago a $20 million settlement. You would have thought that the state had learned its lessons, […]

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Big Bike and Common Sense: NMA E-Newsletter #578

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 […]

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Remnants of Sanity: NMA E-Newsletter #577

February 2, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, speed limits, Traffic Safety, VISION ZERO

Amidst the national movement by transportation planners and Vision Zero proponents to restrict driving, true believers who have never seen a car or motorist they like–speed kills, you know–we occasionally stumble upon remnants of a saner world. Those moments of clarity are probably more common than you might think if you follow the media headlines. […]

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International Anti-Car Nonsense: NMA E-Newsletter #576

January 26, 2020 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMA BLOG, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, VISION ZERO

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 […]

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Shenanigans Abound in the Washington State Ballot Initiative over Car Fees: NMA E-Newsletter #575

January 19, 2020 • Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, WASHINGTON

Motorists are not cash cows, and it is time elected officials stop treating us as such! In Washington State, Tim Eyman decided he didn’t think it was fair for everyone in the state to pay for big city transit projects through ever increasing vehicle registration fees (or car tabs, as the locals call them). Anger […]

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