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Red-Light Camera Merry-Go-Round in North Carolina: NMA E-Newsletter #694

May 1, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE

Red-light cameras have once again been declared unconstitutional in North Carolina. No one is surprised because this is the second time RLCs have been declared in violation of state law. Policing for profit, even if it is allegedly designed to benefit the school systems, always has a stench about it. Case in point—the city of Greenville […]

2021: The Year Transit Failed to Recover Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #688

March 20, 2022 • Commuters, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FTA, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, Telecommuting, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

By Randal O’Toole, writer of The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: Check out Part 1 here that explores what happened with transit before and during the pandemic. The NMA is reprinting with permission this post that first appeared on The Antiplanner website. Transit by Urban Area As of December, transit carried 58 percent of pre-pandemic riders in […]

Become the Tracker, not the Tracked: NMA E-Newsletter #684

February 20, 2022 • Driver Courtesy, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, HOV, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, School Bus Cameras, Speed Cameras, speed limits, TOLLING, VISION ZERO

Legislation is commonly used to codify public policy, whether good, bad, or indifferent. Perhaps more than you might expect, bills introduced in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures can have undue influence on how we drive, where we drive, and what controls are in place to punish offenders. We developed the NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Tracker) […]

The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption: NMA E-Newsletter #683

February 13, 2022 • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets

It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of the report: “Promote speed safety cameras as a proven safety countermeasure.” Protestations emanated from as far away as the […]

And So It Begins—Vision Zero from the Top Down: NMA E-Newsletter #682

February 6, 2022 • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Corruption, CROSSWALK, DMV, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NSC, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, speed limits, Street Lights, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VISION ZERO

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes. The USDOT also plans to use $14 billion in funding from the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to encourage the states to make extensive use of speed cameras to enforce lowered […]

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