Sudden cardiac arrest is a national public health crisis. In its Heart and Stroke Statistics – 2022 Update, the American Heart Association notes more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur in the United States every year, close to 1,000 per day. The survival rate from onset to hospital discharge hovers around ten percent. OHCA […]
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Traffic Calming: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: NMA E-Newsletter #692
April 18, 2022 • 0 Comments • NHTSA, OHCA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion
Don’t Be a Road Rager or the Victim of One
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Fall 2021 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! Driving is an act of responsibility and trust. On the road, we have faith that […]
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 […]
A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 3: NMA E-Newsletter #672
November 29, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Bicycle, Bicyclist, GAO, INSURANCE, Mass Transit, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, ROUNDABOUT, SAFETY, Speed, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Read Parts 1 and Part 2 for more information. Data-Driven Safety Such data-driven analyses play almost no role in urban traffic safety programs today. For example, Vision Zero is based on […]
A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #670
November 15, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, Crosswalks, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Jaywalking, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Parts 2 and 3 will be featured in subsequent weeks. About 20,160 people died in traffic accidents in the first half of 2021, according to an early estimate released last week by the […]
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