Eric Berg is an NMA director and life member since the Citizens Coalition for Rational Traffic Law days. Eric is an avid sport bicyclist as well as staunch defender of motorists’ rights. He is well positioned to provide observations from both vantage points. This thinkpiece first appeared in January 2019 as NMA E-Newsletter #524. One […]
65 Blog Posts From the Bicycle Tag
Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots?
• August 16, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Congestion Tolling, Driver's License, NMA, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, VISION ZERO
An Appropriate Balance for Whom?: NMA E-Newsletter #552
August 12, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Complete Streets, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, TICKET QUOTA, VISION ZERO
Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced House Bill 3663 in mid-July. The proposed piece of legislation is titled, “Complete Streets Act of 2019.” It is no less than a mandate that all states implement policies to address “critical gaps in pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit infrastructure.” The Complete Streets protocol would prioritize […]
Universal Road User Charges Really? Many Questions that need Answers by the Rest of Us
July 26, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Bicycle, CELL PHONE, Congestion Pricing, E-Scooters, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, Motorcycle, NMA, PRIVACY, Road Rage, Road User Charge, Technology, Toll Roads
Editor’s Note: One of our Texas members wrote the following guest post as a response to this past week’s first part of the NMA three-part newsletter called: Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge. Parts two and three will be on the website www.motorists.org on July 28 and August 4, respectively. […]
Explanation of the California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA and how it will affect Drivers
• July 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Ridesharing, Traffic Congestion, VMT
This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 edition. Beyond the rules update mentioned in the article, All Traffic is Local; additional CEQA rules will be coming online soon that could have an even more significant impact on street design. By July 2020, all California cities will be required to […]
Level of Service: Measuring Traffic Congestion
• June 28, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Congestion Pricing, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, TOLL, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VMT
This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 edition. According to the latest census, 85 percent of all Americans travel to work by single passenger car or by carpool. Since World War II, land use and American culture have been built around driving cars from locations A to B. By […]
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