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Do Vision Zero Programs equal more Traffic Accidents?: NMA E-Newsletter #559

September 29, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, Traffic Safety, VISION ZERO

Many cities and states around the country have adopted a Vision Zero program which strives for zero traffic deaths, usually by a specific year. Some of the oldest programs, though, are finding that the ideal of zero traffic deaths is becoming ever more elusive and expensive over time. Instead of decreasing, traffic deaths involving accidents […]

“These Cameras Are Not a Safety Tool . . .”: NMA E-Newsletter #556

September 8, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IIHS, ITE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, SAFETY, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety took a page out of its own book, and that of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), by issuing a recent report on red-light running with a title designed to send the media into a frenzy. “Red Light Running Deaths Hit 10 Year High” did exactly that. While […]

On the 2019 Legislative Agenda–Red-Light Cameras: NMA E-Newsletter #526

February 10, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, IOWA, LEGISLATION, MISSOURI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED CAMERA, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Safety, Traffic Tickets, VIRGINIA

January and February are the heart of activity for many state legislative sessions across the country. Red-light cameras (RLCs) have certainly been the focus in a number of states. Bills in Colorado, Florida and Illinois are calling for outright bans. Legislators in Texas want to ban new camera programs while allowing existing installations to finish […]

The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520

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 […]

Bicycle Idaho Stops are Not Safe for Any Road User: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #504

September 9, 2018 • CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, DELAWARE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IDAHO, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, SAFETY, Traffic Safety, UTAH

Since 1982, Idaho has been the only state that has allowed bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stoplights as stop signs. No other state passed a similar law until 2017. Delaware now has a similar law on its book and the Idaho stop fever is starting to rise. Colorado passed a law […]

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