By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach The government loves to spend your money. This is accomplished by more taxation and other user fees. The newest 3.5 trillion dollar infrastructure bill includes a “By The Mile Tax.” Those driving electric cars, which the government is pushing, will no longer be skirting road taxes, and they will […]
62 Blog Posts From the Bicyclist Tag
Mileage Tax Is Coming? Pay-Per-Mile AND Gas Tax
October 12, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax
The Effort to Dictate How We Live: NMA E-Newsletter #655
August 2, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Technology, VISION ZERO
While we have warned about the Vision Zero and Complete Streets mission to force people out of their cars in many previous writings, that goal has not been stated in starker terms than those used by the Shared Mobility Principles For Livable Cities. Its mission, published by an international coalition of over 150 agencies, organizations, […]
Equity and Sustainability
July 9, 2021 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, FHWA, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NACTO, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Limits, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in March 2021 as NMA E-Newsletter #637. If you would like to receive the NMA’s weekly one-topic newsletter, subscribe HERE. Those are the buzzwords used frequently by city transportation officials as they seek to achieve “complete streets” nirvana. Before we attempt to define the overused terms, it is essential […]
Jane Jacobs and the Mid-Rise Mania Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #651
by Randal O’Toole, from The Antiplanner blog Editor’s Note: The following content, reprinted in three parts over this and the following two NMA e-newsletters, 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 […]
Autonomous (Self-Driving) Vehicles – Available Soon? (Yes and No) Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #649
June 21, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Autonomous Vehicles, Bicyclist, DRIVERLESS CARS, GPS, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, LIDAR, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Ridesharing, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion, V2V, V2X
By Gary Witzenburg, Automotive Senior Writer and Contributing Editor, President of the North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year, and NMA Member. Editor’s Note: HOUR Detroit Magazine has graciously permitted the NMA to publish this piece, which initially appeared in a slightly different version on its pages. Please read Part 1 from last […]
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