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Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting: NMA E-Newsletter #724

November 27, 2022 • 85TH PERCENTILE, CALIFORNIA, Complete Streets, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GPS, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OREGON, Road Safety, speed limits, Technology, VISION ZERO

All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]

Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education Part 2—Readers Respond: NMA E-Newsletter #715

September 25, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LETTER WRITING, NEWSLETTER, Road Rage, SAFETY, Speed Humps, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO

We had varied responses to the September 11th NMA E-Newsletter #713 on the new community speed watch program (Read Here), in Green Bay, WI. We appreciate any comments that are sent to the NMA and please feel free to email us anytime at nma@motorists.org. ___________ Community snitching is a slippery slope to something that starts […]

Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident): NMA E-Newsletter #708

August 7, 2022 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters LLC. A recent city audit stated that the private company had already recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment plus $502.5 million more. According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Chicago parking meter revenue is back […]

Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset: NMA E-Newsletter #699

June 5, 2022 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, Road Safety, Safe Streets, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Traffic Fatalities, VISION ZERO, VMT

Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its estimate of 2021 U.S. traffic fatalities. A Reuters headline blared, “U.S. traffic fatalities surge 10.5% in 2021 to highest count since 2005,” followed by the lede, “Traffic deaths surged after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020 as more drivers engaged in unsafe behavior like speeding and […]

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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