Mass Transit And Freeloaders
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director Last Friday’s Wall Street Journal had two articles neatly juxtaposed. The first was “Riders Swamp Public Transit” and the second “Revenge of the Freeloaders.” Seemingly, the two articles were completely unrelated, but not really. According to ...
Tired Of High Gas Prices? Don’t Ask The Government For Help
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 24 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President I don’t like the idea of $4 gasoline, I doubt that anyone does. However, I like gas lines, closed gas stations, and no gasoline at all, even less. That’s what we are likely to end up ...
Reinstating "55," Are They Crazy?!
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 424 Comments »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 ...
Will Plug-in Hybrids Save Us From High Gas Prices?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The hype about these vehicles -- which differ from the current crop of gas-electric hybrids in that they can run on pure battery power for longer and, when their batteries run down, can draw power from ...
5 Little Things You Can Do To Save Gas
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 18 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Saving gas is really about saving money -- so it's not necessarily a smart move to sell whatever you're driving now (even if it's a big SUV) in order to buy a more "efficient" car. You ...
Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 6 Comments »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 ...
The 16 Most Fuel-Efficient New Cars
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 43 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Gas prices are putting the hurting on us all -- but you can ease the pain at the pump if you're driving one of these: Ultracompacts 1) 2008 Smart For Two The Smart is a two-seater designed principally for ...
Fuel Economy & Toll Roads: Using One Problem To Solve Another
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Toll Roads | 3 Comments »By NMA President, James Baxter In the February issue of Car and Driver Magazine there were two articles that, in their own way dovetailed together to answer a question no one is ...
300 MPG Or Conspiracy Theory?
Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Car Reviews | 71 Comments »Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right after all. That was the first thought to pop into my head as I read about an engineer named Steve Fambro - and his 300 mpg hybrid Aptera two-seater. Yes, you read that right. ...
Where Does Your Three Dollars Per Gallon Really Go?
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information | 26 Comments »No one likes paying $35 for a fill-up that used to cost $15. But where does all your dinero go, actually? Is it Big Oil -- or Big Government -- that's got you over a barrel? Let's ...
