484 Blog Posts From the Speed Limits Tag


How Do Gasoline Prices Affect Driving Behavior?

In January 2008, the Congressional Budget Office put out a study examining the effects of gasoline prices on driving behavior.  While the CBO’s analysis is somewhat dated — it’s based on four years of data collected from metropolitan freeways in California between 2003 and 2006 — the findings likely extend to current gas prices as […]

Atlanta Suburb Turns Drivers Into Fuel Pumps

It’s a ridiculous concept, but somehow it seemed inevitable.  Check out this story from USA Today: The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a “fuel surcharge” on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb [Holly Springs] soon will have to pay an extra $12 — to cover $4-a-gallon […]

Reinstating “55,” Are They Crazy?!

By James Baxter, NMA President The same forces that resisted the use of fire many thousands of years ago are still with us, only now they are advocating the return of the national maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Anyone who endured the last 22 year long “experiment” with the “folly of 55” […]

Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?

By Jim Baxter, NMA President In what has to be history’s longest political campaign, I have yet to hear anything meaningful about public policies that directly affect motorists. Sure, there have been inane and uneducated comments stimulated by major events, like the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota. But there has been nothing of substance […]

How Should Speed Limits Be Set?

By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director “Realistic” speed limits should invite public compliance by conforming to the behavior of normal responsible drivers. This results in the safest and most efficient use of streets, roads, and highways. Traffic engineering research has determined that speed limits should be established according to the 85th percentile of free flowing […]

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