By Randal O’Toole, writer of The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: Check out Part 1 here that explores what happened with transit before and during the pandemic. The NMA is reprinting with permission this post that first appeared on The Antiplanner website. Transit by Urban Area As of December, transit carried 58 percent of pre-pandemic riders in […]
113 Blog Posts From the Infrastructure Tag
2021: The Year Transit Failed to Recover Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #688
March 21, 2022 • 0 Comments • commuting, FTA, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, Telecommuting, Traffic Congestion
The Changing Landscape of Speed Limits
March 18, 2022 • 1 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Driver's License, FHWA, Infrastructure, ITE, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Winter 2022 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to receive our magazine, please become a member of the NMA today! Advocating for speed limits based on sound traffic-engineering […]
What’s Up with Philly?
March 11, 2022 • 0 Comments • CAF, CIVIL, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Corruption, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, Mass Transit, Parking, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, SPEEDING, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL, TOLLING, traffic safety, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Winter 2022 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to receive our magazine, please become a member of the NMA today! The City of Brotherly Love seems anything but when […]
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
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 […]
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. […]
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