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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, […]

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 […]

So This is What Complete Streets Comes Down To?: NMA E-Newsletter #573

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 […]

The Slow March toward Forced Temperance: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571

December 22, 2019 • DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, Road Safety, Technology

It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not […]

Transportation Engineers Debate Vision Zero, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #564

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 […]

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