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Motorists Vote 2022: An Overview of US Motorist-Related Ballot Initiatives from the November 8th Vote: NMA E-Newsletter #723

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 […]

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War on Parking Just Got Real: NMA E-Newsletter #717

October 9, 2022 • CALIFORNIA, Congestion Pricing, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, Parking, tolls, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

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 […]

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Highway Deaths in Rural America: NMA E-Newsletter #714

September 18, 2022 • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GHSA, MASS TRANSIT, Motorcycle, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, Traffic Safety

The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 people died in rural areas during the five-year study period—nearly half of all traffic deaths across the country. This […]

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A Response to “The Automobile Won”: NMA E-Newsletter #706

July 24, 2022 • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, Highway Trust Fund, Induced Demand, MASS TRANSIT, mileage-based user fee, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, speed limits, TOLL, tolls, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

by Sherman Johnson, NMA Maryland Member Editor’s Note: NMA e-newsletters and blog posts that stir debate serve the valuable purpose of creating conversation that often leads to a better understanding of the issues at hand. Sherman Johnson’s response to The Automobile Won (Part 1, NMA E-Newsletter #702, and Part 2, #703) follows. The NMA’s stance […]

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The Automobile Won Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #703

July 3, 2022 • AUTO INDUSTRY, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Highway Trust Fund, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, ROAD-USER FEES, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: This post recently appeared on The Antiplanner website and we thought it was an important piece for all NMA supporters to read and digest. Check out Part 1 here.  The Benefits of Autos As a recent article by a British journalist noted, “the war on cars is a […]

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