As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters LLC. A recent city audit stated that the private company had already recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment plus $502.5 million more. According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Chicago parking meter revenue is back […]
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Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident): NMA E-Newsletter #708
August 8, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs
• July 29, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Infrastructure, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Signals, VISION ZERO
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in April 2022 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #693. If you would like to receive the one-topic motorist-related newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe Here. Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure […]
New Studies Show EVs are Unreliable and Worse for the Environment than Gas Cars
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach I’m not anti-electric vehicle, I’m pro-truth! Too many people have been sold on the lie that electric vehicles are better for the environment, or that they’re better vehicles in general. The truth is that battery technology and reliability aren’t there yet. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Study According […]
Want to check out my Car’s Infotainment System? Get a Warrant!
• July 8, 2022 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Biometrics, CELL PHONE, connected cars, EDR, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, PRIVACY, Search Warrant, Technology
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in January 2022 as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #681. If you would like to subscribe to the one-topic newsletter delivered to your inbox every Sunday morning, Click Here. Many of us find using a cell phone convenient for communicating and learning. Now, connecting a […]
The Off-Grid Car
The interest in tiny homes and off-grid living reflects a growing weariness with being carried along, unwillingly, by the rip-tide of “technology” as it makes life superficially easier but also alienating. Cars are a good example. You can start the engine without a key, but when the engine won’t start, what do you do? Most […]
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