46 Alerts From the PEDESTRIAN Tag

Reducing Speed Limits to 20 mph has little Impact on Driving Behavior: NMA E-Newsletter #728

December 25, 2022 • Bicyclist, DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, SOCIAL NETWORKING, Speed Bumps, Speed Humps, speed limiters, speed limits

UK research found that cutting speed limits on urban roads does not significantly improve safety. The likely reason—motorists will drive the speed limit they feel most comfortable with based on road design, weather conditions, and traffic. Belfast officials changed the speed limits to 20 mph on 76 roads in 2016. Researchers analyzed data from before […]

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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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Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education? NMA E-Newsletter #713

September 11, 2022 • DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, License Plate Readers, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Speed Humps, speed limits, SPEEDING, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CAMERA

Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department recently announced that it has partnered with the Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to start a ‘Community Speed Watch.’ The department hopes that the program will bring more awareness to speeding. Lt. Nate Allen added, “One of our number one complaints in the city of Green Bay is traffic and the way people […]

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The Automobile Won Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #702

June 26, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel, Fuel Tax, Induced Demand, infrastructure, mileage-based user fee, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, 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. Part 2 will be featured in next week’s E-Newsletter. Last month, anti-automobile activists led by the Congress for the New Urbanism announced the formation […]

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Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs: NMA E-Newsletter #693

April 24, 2022 • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Camera, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Safety, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, VISION ZERO

Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure and society interconnected digitally via the internet, intelligent signaling might revolutionize traffic flow, for better or worse. Market analysis firm Navigant Research has projected that smart signals will become a $3.8 […]

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