US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes. The USDOT also plans to use $14 billion in funding from the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to encourage the states to make extensive use of speed cameras to enforce lowered […]
62 Blog Posts From the Bicyclist Tag
And So It Begins—Vision Zero from the Top Down: NMA E-Newsletter #682
February 7, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Corruption, CROSSWALK, DMV, FHWA, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NHTSA, NMA, NSC, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Street Lights, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VISION ZERO
More Speed Cameras, Lower Speed Limits, More Surveillance
February 6, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, MUTCD, PEDESTRIAN, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, surveillance, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
By Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports Does the infrastructure bill have another hidden surveillance initiative? Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg uses the infrastructure spending plan to promote speed cameras nationwide! The DOT has received $6 billion to issue grants to help cities and towns with road safety due to the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Congress passed. […]
Traffic Safety is the Responsibility of All – Not Just Motorists
February 4, 2022 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicyclist, CROSSWALK, Idaho Stop, Jaywalking, LEGISLATION, LIDAR, PEDESTRIAN, racial profiling, RADAR, SAFETY, Speed Limits, SPEED TRAP, SPEEDING, stop signs, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in December 2021 as NMA E-Newsletter #674. Subscribe today if you would like to receive NMA’s one-topic E-Newsletter every Sunday! In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB122, a bill that would have enabled bicyclists to utilize the Idaho Stop (using stop signs as […]
Should Bikelash be Over?: NMA E-Newsletter #675
December 20, 2021 • 1 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicyclist, bike lanes, Idaho Stop, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Speed Bumps, Speed Limits, stop signs, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Even before the pandemic, bike lanes were springing up all over the country in cities large and small. Most motorists weren’t happy, mainly because fewer travel lanes typically translated into longer trips through congested traffic. During the pandemic, the rate of cities building bike lanes and banning cars on streets rose dramatically. The anti-car crowd […]
How to Fight Speed Bumps, Humps, and Cushions Part 2
December 14, 2021 • 2 Comment • Bicyclist, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, Speed Cushions, Speed Humps, Takata Airbags, Traffic Calming
By California NMA Member Stacey Charlton In Part 1, we learned the difference between speed bumps, humps, and cushions. Overseas they are called “sleeping policemen.” There are many disadvantages to these so-called road hazards/control devices …I mean speed calming devices that are not clearly disclosed through a city’s public work’s engineering department. This series of […]
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