All traffic is local, and unfortunately, most motorists don’t know about an issue that affects them directly until it is too late. By the time they notice, the street has been road dieted or closed, and it is near impossible to give your two cents after the fact. Now that local council or commission in-person […]
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The New Normal for Community Engagement
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July 29, 2020
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Complete Streets, KUSM, NMA, Road Diets, road safety, Traffic Calming, VISION ZERO
Salute to Richard Diamond, NMA Member and Founder/Editor of TheNewspaper
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July 22, 2020
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Black Boxes, DUE PROCESS, Insurance Companies, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, TOLLING, Traffic Calming, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, YELLOW LIGHT, Yellow Light Duration, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
Editor’s Note: This interview with Richard Diamond first appeared in the National Motorists Association’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 edition. If you would like to support the work we do fighting against automated traffic enforcement, consider joining the NMA today! What year did you start TheNewspaper.com Website, and why? I started TheNewspaper in 2004 as […]
Are Small Towns Addicted to Traffic Fines and Fees?
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July 17, 2020
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, NMA, Parking, parking tickets, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Traps, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine and instead appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #592 in May 2020. The information here pertained primarily to life before the COVID-19 crisis. Still, we believe traffic fines and fees will be even more of an issue for small towns (and […]
Don’t allow these COVID-19 Car Bans to become Permanent
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July 15, 2020
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Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, KUSM, NMA, Open Streets, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Supposedly, the banning of cars from city streets due to the COVID-19 crisis was temporary, but of course, anti-car and Big Bike folks are yelling loudly that cars banned from streets should be made permanent. We all knew this would happen. Give an inch, and anti-car advocates take a mile. A Staten Island, NY columnist […]
Is it Really Tough Times for Toll Roads Ahead?
July 13, 2020
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ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, OOIDA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The website Chief Investment Officer posted in June a lament for how tough it is for toll roads right now. Here’s a quote, “The typically stable asset class has been hit as traffic levels have dropped 40 percent to 85 percent globally, S&P analysts say.” So the website tells […]
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