Every day, the NMA Driving News Feed hosts a number of stories about the car of future, which is just one of the things we write about here on the Auto Tech Watch Blog. Numerous names for the car of the future are currently in use: driverless cars, autonomous cars, autonomous vehicles, autonomous-electric cars and […]
188 Blog Posts From the Traffic Congestion Tag
Driving in America: Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Update
November 8, 2019 • 0 Comments • ATFI, Congestion Pricing, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, Technology, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VMT
Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association and the Alliance for Toll-free Interstates or ATFI are in agreement about tolls. ATFI recently emailed this newsletter out to supporters, outlining the latest tolling in America news from the summer and fall of 2019. The NMA has permission to repost its email newsletter in the Driving in America […]
War on Cars Watch for November 6, 2019
• November 6, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Breathalyzers, Car Care, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Eighth Amendment, Gas Tax, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Technology, Textalyzer, TEXTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The War on Cars Watch is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. The War on Cars Watch focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets as well as studies, court cases, and other news that affect motorists. Special commentary from NMA California Member Michael Jabbra is […]
The Split-Speed Limit Effect: That “Oh Crap” Look on Drivers’ Faces
November 1, 2019 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, NMA, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Traffic Congestion
Written by Gary Biller, NMA President This post originally appeared in July 2019 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #548. Split speed limits, where certain commercial vehicles such as large trucks are forced to travel at lower speeds than surrounding traffic, are anathema to truckers and car drivers alike. That is why the NMA and the Owner-Operator […]
Transportation Engineers Debate Vision Zero, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #563
October 28, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Infrastructure, ITE, Mass Transit, PEDESTRIAN, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Buckle up and get comfortable. This will be a bit of a journey. We recently became aware of a fascinating thread on the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Member Forum titled, “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” Access to the Forum is restricted, but we were able to capture much of the debate […]
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