A Primer on Induced Demand, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #664

By Christopher M. DiPrima, NMA Board Member Editor’s Note: We touched on induced demand—the theory that as highway capacity increases, demand does also, thereby creating a never-ending need for more capacity—in NMA E-Newsletter #599 last year. In light of the current infrastructure negotiations in Washington, and the ongoing effort to reshape urban land use by […]

Immediate Attention: Contact Governor Gavin Newsom TODAY about AB43–the Traffic Safety Bill

Dear California NMA Members, AB43 is a “hair on fire” situation. The bill, generically titled “Traffic Safety,” was passed by the state Senate and Assembly earlier this month by votes of 30 to 5 and 68 to 5 respectively, with a few abstentions in both chambers. AB43 was forwarded to Governor Newsom on September 17th and […]

Charging Ahead with Electric Vehicles: NMA E-Newsletter #663

President Biden announced earlier this year that he wanted 50 percent of all cars sold in 2030 to be electric. But is that practical? Car-buying decisions by consumers are just one piece of the puzzle. According to the US Department of Energy, the nation has over 43,000 public charging stations with about 105,000 individual outlets. […]

Check out the Petition to Congress: Ban Blinding Headlights and Save Lives!

Dear NMA Member, Softlights.org has started a petition to ban overly bright headlights. The petition asks Congress, the Department of Transportation and NHTSA to take this matter seriously and ban all blue-light technologies on vehicles and to limit headlights, taillights, brake lights, turn signals, and flashing lights to a maximum peak luminance of human-safe 280 […]

Infrastructure Urgency, Part 3: NMA E-Newsletter #662

Layered levels of taxation are nothing new to motorists. The gas tax, road tolls, congestion pricing, registration fees, and even wheel taxes are commonplace. Congress is looking at us hungrily again as being ripe for the picking as it debates the final details of desperately needed transportation infrastructure funding. The idea is not new. In […]

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