Last week in Part 1, we shared some posts made on the Institute of Transportation Engineers Member Forum that started a debate about the efficacy of the Vision Zero goals. The discussion in that thread — “A ‘War on Cars’? Let there be Peace!” — was too varied and interesting to fit into the contents […]
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Transportation Engineers Debate Vision Zero, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #564
November 4, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, ITE, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Scooters, TOLL, VISION ZERO
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 […]
NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 3rd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #562
October 21, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, BAC, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, ITE, LEGISLATION, MOVE OVER LAW, NMA, NMA Foundation, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, 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 […]
Bicycle Idaho Stops are Not Safe for Any Road User
October 4, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, E-Scooters, LEGISLATION, NMA, road safety, SAFETY, traffic safety
This post first appeared in September 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #504. Since 1982, Idaho has been the only state that has allowed bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stoplights as stop signs. No other state passed a similar law until 2017. Delaware now has a similar law on its book and the Idaho […]
Do Vision Zero Programs equal more Traffic Accidents?: NMA E-Newsletter #559
September 30, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, 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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