March 1, 2020 • ARIZONA,
Autonomous Car,
Connected Vehicles,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
drones,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel,
infrastructure,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
OOIDA,
Road Rage,
SAFETY,
Technology In August 2019, 20 truckers with nine trucks held a rally at the Missouri State Capital, protesting the safety of autonomous trucks. They were there to support a bill on the drafting table by State Representative Mike Moon. Downshift to this year’s state legislative session; Moon sponsored and introduced a bill that would require a […]
Every so often, some spring cleaning is required to tidy up and put one’s house in order. We are getting an early start on the seasonal ritual at the NMA offices, and in the process, turned up an interesting opinion piece written by a member who is still very active today. We won’t name names […]
February 16, 2020 • Corruption,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
Red-Light Cameras,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
TICKET REVENUE Over the past several months, the latest Illinois red-light camera corruption case has unfolded. The 2014 Redflex bribery scandal preceded the current mess. Several company and public officials went to jail, and in 2017, Redflex paid the city of Chicago a $20 million settlement. You would have thought that the state had learned its lessons, […]
January 5, 2020 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PEDESTRIAN,
Road Diet,
SAFETY,
VISION ZERO The Complete Streets Act of 2019, U.S. House Bill 3663, is creating a lot of rhetorical questions on our part. In NMA E-Newsletter #552, the title question was “An Appropriate Balance for Whom?” in response to the bill’s declaration that the needs of walkers and bike riders must be accommodated before those of drivers on […]
December 15, 2019 • AUTO INDUSTRY,
CAFE,
CALIFORNIA,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel,
Gas Tax,
infrastructure,
LETTER WRITING,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
SAFETY,
Technology Last week’s newsletter (Part 1, #569) provided a statistical summary of responses to an NMA November online survey seeking feedback about CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards. Here, in Part 2, is where the rubber hits the road. Those taking the survey were given the opportunity to include commentary to explain their choices of whether […]
