US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes. The USDOT also plans to use $14 billion in funding from the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to encourage the states to make extensive use of speed cameras to enforce lowered […]
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And So It Begins—Vision Zero from the Top Down: NMA E-Newsletter #682
February 7, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Corruption, CROSSWALK, DMV, FHWA, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NHTSA, NMA, NSC, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Street Lights, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VISION ZERO
A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 3: NMA E-Newsletter #672
November 29, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Bicycle, Bicyclist, GAO, INSURANCE, Mass Transit, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, ROUNDABOUT, SAFETY, Speed, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Read Parts 1 and Part 2 for more information. Data-Driven Safety Such data-driven analyses play almost no role in urban traffic safety programs today. For example, Vision Zero is based on […]
A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #670
November 15, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, Crosswalks, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Jaywalking, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Parts 2 and 3 will be featured in subsequent weeks. About 20,160 people died in traffic accidents in the first half of 2021, according to an early estimate released last week by the […]
Can You Put a Price Tag on Safety?
• July 15, 2021 • 1 Comment • Auto Industry, Bicycle, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, IIHS, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, SPEEDING, Technology
Purchasing a new, or just a new-to-you, a luxury car can raise some questions. You may even wonder if a luxury vehicle is worth the cost, especially when it comes to driver safety. It can be tough to decide because it’s easy to get caught up in the price. Imagine a Lexus sedan next to […]
Jane Jacobs and the Mid-Rise Mania Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #652
Editor’s Note: The following content, reprinted in three parts — last week’s Part 1, this week’s Part 2, and Part 3 next week, is presented with permission from Randal O’Toole’s The Antiplanner, a blog whose tagline describes its point of view: “Dedicated to the sunset of government planning.” O’Toole is a senior fellow with the Cato […]
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