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 […]
132 Blog Posts From the Mass Transit Tag
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
An Appropriate Balance for Whom?: NMA E-Newsletter #552
August 12, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Complete Streets, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, TICKET QUOTA, VISION ZERO
Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced House Bill 3663 in mid-July. The proposed piece of legislation is titled, “Complete Streets Act of 2019.” It is no less than a mandate that all states implement policies to address “critical gaps in pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit infrastructure.” The Complete Streets protocol would prioritize […]
Explanation of the California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA and how it will affect Drivers
• July 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Ridesharing, Traffic Congestion, VMT
This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 edition. Beyond the rules update mentioned in the article, All Traffic is Local; additional CEQA rules will be coming online soon that could have an even more significant impact on street design. By July 2020, all California cities will be required to […]
Level of Service: Measuring Traffic Congestion
• June 28, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Congestion Pricing, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, TOLL, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VMT
This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 edition. According to the latest census, 85 percent of all Americans travel to work by single passenger car or by carpool. Since World War II, land use and American culture have been built around driving cars from locations A to B. By […]
Profound Privacy Risks without our Consent: NMA E-Newsletter #545
June 24, 2019 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, Mass Transit, NMA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
GeekWire posted last month that Portland, Oregon quietly launched a controversial mobile location data project with partner Sidewalk Labs (a subsidiary of Alphabet–which is the parent company of Google). In this year-long pilot program, the city has authorized that people, who have smartphones, will be tracked without their consent or knowledge. Portland is using software […]
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