By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research, National Motorists Association If there was any doubt before, now we have a clear indication that the WAR ON CARS is real –and it’s being waged at the highest levels of society by authoritarian culture warriors. These tyrannical elitists seek to eliminate our freedom to travel where […]
25 Alerts From the Parking Tag
NMA E-Newsletter #736: Your Freedom to Travel is Under Attack
April 2, 2023 • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, ITE, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NTSB, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, RACIAL PROFILING, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, speed limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, USDOT, War on Cars
The Curse of Double Parking: NMA E-Newsletter #720
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 […]
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 […]
Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident): NMA E-Newsletter #708
August 7, 2022 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters LLC. A recent city audit stated that the private company had already recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment plus $502.5 million more. According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Chicago parking meter revenue is back […]
Calm Before the Storm: NMA E-Newsletter #689
March 27, 2022 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, ROUNDABOUT, speed limits, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VISION ZERO
The city of Sarasota is located on the Gulf Coast of Florida, just south of Tampa. Its population has declined in recent years to about 55,000, according to the 2020 U.S. census, within 24 square miles of territory. During the winter months, the number of residents swells somewhat with the snowbird migration from the north. […]
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