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 […]
August 29, 2021 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Bicyclist,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FHWA,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
LEGISLATION,
MUTCD,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
ROAD-USER FEES,
SAFETY,
Speed Cameras,
speed limits,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic Tickets,
VISION ZERO,
VMT Two weeks ago, the NMA launched an information campaign directed at the top aides of U.S. Congressional members who sit on either the Senate or House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committees. One single-topic email is sent per week on issues contained within the massive proposed legislation to fund an upgrade of the nation’s transportation-ish infrastructure. […]
October 27, 2019 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
ITE,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
PEDESTRIAN,
ROAD-USER FEES,
SAFETY,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VISION ZERO Buckle up and get comfortable. This will be a bit of a journey. We recently became aware of a fascinating thread on the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Member Forum titled, “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” Access to the Forum is restricted, but we were able to capture much of the debate […]
December 30, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
AUTO INDUSTRY,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Congestion Pricing,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FHWA,
Insurance Company,
ITE,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NMA Foundation,
NSC,
NTSB,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
ROAD-USER FEES,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic Tickets We wanted to do something special for Issue #520 because it marks ten years of uninterrupted weekly NMA e-newsletters that, we hope, have provided entertaining (if not thought-provoking) perspectives. To carry on that tradition, NMA and NMA Foundation directors were asked to provide mini essays for the occasion. No one likes homework but they tackled […]
April 15, 2018 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Gas Tax,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PATollsLawsuit2018,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Pennsylvania Turnpike PennDOT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
ROAD-USER FEES,
TOLLING A basic principle held by the National Motorists Association is, “Reasonable highway user fees [are] for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects.” (See the other main NMA tenets here.) The recent class action lawsuit the NMA filed with truckers’ association OOIDA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for many years of excessive tolling […]
