By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #713 in September 2022. If you like to subscribe to the NMA one topic motorist issue newsletter, click here. Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department recently announced that it has partnered with the Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to start a ‘Community Speed Watch.’ […]
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Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education?
December 9, 2022 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, license plate readers, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Speed Humps, Speed Limits, SPEEDING, Traffic Calming, TRAFFIC CAMERA
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting: NMA E-Newsletter #724
November 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, CALIFORNIA, Complete Streets, GPS, MASSACHUSETTS, NMA, OREGON, road safety, Speed Limits, Technology, VISION ZERO
All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]
Motorists Vote 2022: An Overview of US Motorist-Related Ballot Initiatives from the November 8th Vote: NMA E-Newsletter #723
November 21, 2022 • 0 Comments • CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, Infrastructure, MAINE, Mass Transit, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NMA, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, TEXAS, Voting, Washington State, WEST VIRGINIA
Here is how Americans voted on ballot initiatives that the NMA outlined in Newsletter #719. The following election results came from Ballotpedia unless listed otherwise. Here are some articles from the national perspective on motorist and transportation issues: Voters Across the Country Support Public Transportation at the Ballot Box (APTA Center for Transportation Excellence) It’s […]
Is it Time to “Sound Off” about the Use of Lights and Sirens?
By Stewart Price, NMA Program Officer This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #707 from July 2022. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, a weekly one-topic look at a motorist issue, click here. All of us are gradually going deaf. The world is getting louder save for the isolationists that have gone off […]
Funding for Road Infrastructure–Never Seems to be Enough: NMA E-Newsletter #721
November 7, 2022 • 0 Comments • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Highway Trust Fund, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, LEGISLATION, mileage-based user fee, NMA, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX
Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile. Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure. It never seems […]
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