by Sherman Johnson, NMA Maryland Member Editor’s Note: NMA e-newsletters and blog posts that stir debate serve the valuable purpose of creating conversation that often leads to a better understanding of the issues at hand. Sherman Johnson’s response to The Automobile Won (Part 1, NMA E-Newsletter #702, and Part 2, #703) follows. The NMA’s stance […]
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A Response to “The Automobile Won”: NMA E-Newsletter #706
July 25, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, Highway Trust Fund, Induced Demand, Mass Transit, mileage-based user fee, PRIVACY, Speed Limits, TOLL, tolls, Traffic Congestion
The Automobile Won Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #702
June 27, 2022 • 0 Comments • Fuel, Fuel Tax, Induced Demand, Infrastructure, mileage-based user fee, PEDESTRIAN, Traffic Congestion
By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: This post recently appeared on The Antiplanner website and we thought it was an important piece for all NMA supporters to read and digest. Part 2 will be featured in next week’s E-Newsletter. Last month, anti-automobile activists led by the Congress for the New Urbanism announced the formation […]
The Relationship between Population Growth and Congestion: NMA E-Newsletter #676
By NMA Board Member Christopher DiPrima In previous newsletters (A Primer on Induced Demand Part 1 and Part 2), I outlined the complicated relationship between new highway lane capacity and induced demand – a much-misunderstood concept, which is often summarized incorrectly as, “you can’t build your way out of congestion.” In those newsletters, I described […]
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 […]
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