The math is simple. More cars on the streets equals more traffic congestion. Ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber have tipped that delicate balance between street traffic and transit alternatives. Many city officials are finally taking notice. In a recent Boston survey of 944 rideshare users over four weeks in late 2017, nearly six […]
188 Blog Posts From the Traffic Congestion Tag
No More Toll Roads
• March 16, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, NMA, PPP, PRIVACY, Public Private Partnership, Speed Limits, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion
The National Motorist Association does not support toll roads or user fees intended to limit or ration the use of public roads. Not only are tolls an inefficient and backwards approach to providing funding for transportation, they foster corruption and political patronage. When states rely on tolls to build and maintain one stretch of highway, […]
Self-Driving Cars without human babysitters hit the California Road in April
• March 11, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, CALIFORNIA, DRIVERLESS CARS, LEGISLATION, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Congestion
In less than a month, California motorists may be in for a surprise when they notice no one is driving the car next to them. In late February, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced that it was eliminating the driverless car test requirement to have a person in the driver’s seat to take […]
Commuters vs. Neighborhoods—Congestion at its Root: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #477
We all pay for public roads so shouldn’t we be able to travel on them when we want? A number of New Jersey towns and villages are saying NO. If you don’t live here, you don’t have the right to take a neighborhood street to beat congestion during rush hour. Part of the reason commuters […]
The V2V Bee Hive
• February 27, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion, V2V, VMT Tax
Ayn Rand, for all her quirks, had some solid things to say. One of these was that civilization exists — or declines — in proportion to privacy. The less privacy you’ve got, the more uncivilized the society in which you live. Which is why this business of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) technology is so extremely uncivilized. It […]
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