By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Check out Part 1 here. Transit Safety In her recent report, NBC News journalist Erin Sagen betrays an anti-auto bias when using such terms as “carnage” and “auto dependency.” Americans are […]
November 14, 2021 • Bicycle,
Bicyclist,
CELL PHONE,
Complete Streets,
CROSSWALK,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Jaywalking,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
PEDESTRIAN,
SAFETY,
TRAFFIC CALMING,
Traffic Safety,
VISION ZERO By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Parts 2 and 3 will be featured in subsequent weeks. About 20,160 people died in traffic accidents in the first half of 2021, according to an early estimate released last week by the […]
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. […]
June 6, 2021 • Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ETL,
Gas Tax,
KANSAS,
LEGISLATION,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Road Diets,
TOLL,
Toll Roads,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CALMING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
Traffic Safety By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director On a recent Saturday evening, I spoke at a concerned-citizen Zoom meeting on the planned express toll lanes for US Highway 69 in Overland Park, Kansas. In researching the topic and listening to local residents and commuters, I thought it would be appropriate to write about the difficulty in […]
Multiple times a year, the US Department of Transportation issues grants to states for specific traffic enforcement programs. That money trickles down to cities so they can pay officers overtime. Honolulu police officers are currently participating in one such grant program this month. To measure the program’s effectiveness, the Honolulu Police Department wants officers to […]
