November 27, 2022 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
CALIFORNIA,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GPS,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OREGON,
Road Safety,
speed limits,
Technology,
VISION ZERO All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]
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 […]
We still need gas stations as long as we drive internal combustion engines (ICE). That’s obviously a given. According to Kelley Blue Book, though, automakers sold 576,000 EVs in the last nine months–a whopping 70-percent increase during the previous year. If we continue buying electric vehicles (EVs) at this pace, we will need electric […]
November 6, 2022 • Congestion Pricing,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
Highway Trust Fund,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
LEGISLATION,
mileage-based user fee,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Road User Charge,
VMT,
VMT Tax,
WHEEL TAX Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile. Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure. It never seems […]
October 30, 2022 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Double Parking,
e-bikes,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Parking,
Parking Minimums,
Parking Tickets,
Scooters,
TRAFFIC CALMING Driving down a street, you come upon a delivery truck parked in your lane, and it’s impossible to pass. Frustration can’t even begin to describe how you feel, especially when you are already late. Double parking seems to be how a city functions due to condensed urban populations, the proliferation of small businesses, a tremendous […]
