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Overland Park, KS: Future of US Highway 69 and the Proposed Express Toll Lanes: NMA E-Newsletter #647

June 6, 2021 • Congestion Pricing, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ETL, Gas Tax, KANSAS, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Road Diets, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Traffic Safety

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director On a recent Saturday evening, I spoke at a concerned-citizen Zoom meeting on the planned express toll lanes for US Highway 69 in Overland Park, Kansas. In researching the topic and listening to local residents and commuters, I thought it would be appropriate to write about the difficulty in […]

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The Orwellian Era of Transportation Planning: NMA E-Newsletter #629

January 31, 2021 • Bicycle, Complete Streets, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, Parking, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, VISION ZERO

By Christopher M. DiPrima, NMA Board Member George Orwell’s seminal 1984 has defined political discourse for over 70 years. Among the book’s most prescient concepts is doublethink, the practice of using contradictory terminology to obscure the government’s actions. In 1984, the Ministry of Peace propagates war; the Ministry of Plenty rations goods; the Ministry of […]

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Officials Pitch Wishful Thinking as Fact in Washington State Plan to Reduce Driving: NMA E-Newsletter #626

January 10, 2021 • Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VMT, WASHINGTON

By guest writer Mariya Frost, Director, Coles Center for Transportation Washington Policy Center Editor’s note: This post first appeared on the Washington Policy Center Blog. The state Department of Commerce is very clear about its views on driving: officials must reduce or altogether eliminate people’s need to drive. In their latest draft of the state energy […]

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NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 3rd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #562

October 20, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE, BAC, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, ITE, LEGISLATION, MOVE OVER LAW, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMA Foundation, NORTH CAROLINA, OREGON, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooter, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TICKET CAMERA, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VISION ZERO, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

July, August, and September were not nearly as active in resolving NMA-tracked legislation as in the second quarter, but October began with some very important events that will have positive ramifications for motorists well into the future. Let’s start with the final disposition of bills in the third quarter:   Bills Opposed by the NMA […]

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Do Vision Zero Programs equal more Traffic Accidents?: NMA E-Newsletter #559

September 29, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, Traffic Safety, VISION ZERO

Many cities and states around the country have adopted a Vision Zero program which strives for zero traffic deaths, usually by a specific year. Some of the oldest programs, though, are finding that the ideal of zero traffic deaths is becoming ever more elusive and expensive over time. Instead of decreasing, traffic deaths involving accidents […]

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