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, […]
22 Blog Posts From the Complete Streets Tag
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting: NMA E-Newsletter #724
November 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, CALIFORNIA, Complete Streets, GPS, MASSACHUSETTS, NMA, OREGON, road safety, Speed Limits, Technology, VISION ZERO
Motor City should be Renamed Speed Hump City
The city of Detroit recently identified more than 2,000 new speed hump locations. The plan is to install 3,000 of the traffic obstacles by the end of 2022. That is in addition to the 5,500 humps added throughout the city in 2021. When this street obstacle program started as part of Detroit’s Complete Streets program, the […]
Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs
• July 29, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Infrastructure, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Signals, VISION ZERO
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in April 2022 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #693. If you would like to receive the one-topic motorist-related newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe Here. 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 […]
Motor City should be Renamed Speed Hump City: NMA E-Newsletter #696
The city of Detroit recently identified more than 2,000 new speed hump locations. The plan is to install 3,000 of the traffic obstacles by the end of 2022. That is in addition to the 5,500 humps added throughout the city in 2021. When this street obstacle program started as part of Detroit’s Complete Streets program, […]
Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs: NMA E-Newsletter #693
April 25, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Infrastructure, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Signals, 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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