This post first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #516 in December 2018. Randy LoBasso, policy manager at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, loves to hate the National Motorists Association. We are often the bogeyman he uses as a counterpoint to his pro-bicyclist, Vision Zero, anti-car rhetoric. For instance: “Let’s understand what the National Motorists Association […]
62 Blog Posts From the Bicyclist Tag
Problem Solved: Ban Cars
August 30, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, DUI/DWI, Lane Courtesy, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Limits, VISION ZERO
A 4000 Mile Driving Tour of the UK
August 24, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, GPS, license plate readers, Mass Transit, Motorcycle, PRIVACY, RENTAL CAR, ROUNDABOUT, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TICKET FINES, Tips, Traffic Calming, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
By NMA New Hampshire Member Jim Burton One of our ‘bucket list’ items has always been to spend a month touring England, Scotland, and Wales. The UK is the land of my ancestors, and my American wife can’t get enough of everything British. Not only is the scenery on this island country stunningly beautiful, but […]
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
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 […]
All Traffic is Local: A Look at Force-Fed Road Diets
• June 21, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, FHWA, Mass Transit, NMA, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
This post originally appeared as the cover story for the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019. Driving can sometimes be a daily grind. But when cities reconfigure the streets you take every day—presumably, to make them safer—that daily grind often seems much worse. The war on cars, for many drivers, is no longer an […]
The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Vision Zero
May 17, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Originally posted on August 12, 2018, this NMA newsletter is #500. The implementation of Vision Zero programs, with the goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities through various means including reducing vehicle speed and movement, is spreading to many U.S. cities seemingly without concern for cost. If Vision Zero had a goal of minimizing road deaths […]
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