Welcome to the War on Cars Watch, a weekly blog to bring together all the stories that affect motorists with regards to street planning such as road diets, and traffic calming as well as programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets. Please read this blog and let us know what you think by commenting […]
11 Blog Posts From the Scooters Tag
War on Cars Watch for March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019
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85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Congestion Pricing, Congestion Tolling, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, E-Scooters, Insurance Companies, LICENSE PLATE, Mass Transit, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed Limits, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Uber Court Decision, Algorithmic Bias, and the Union of Glass and Metal
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March 10, 2019
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Bicycle, DRIVERLESS CARS, Facial Recognition, Ridesharing, SAFETY, Scooters, Technology
Uber Court Decision This past week, Yavapai County, Arizona Judge Sheila Sullivan Polk declared that Uber has no criminal liability for the death of Tempe pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in March 2018. Herzberg was the first known pedestrian fatality of a driverless car. Walking her bike across a dark street outside of a crosswalk, Herzberg was […]
New Rules on Scooters in Atlanta
From Jeff Shiver, Atlanta car accident attorney of Shiver Hamilton. Scooters became popular in Atlanta in the spring of 2017, and everyone has an opinion on them. Some praise them for clearing up the clogged streets of the city, while others see them as nuisances that clutter sidewalks and crowd pedestrians. In an attempt to […]
War on Cars Watch for February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019
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Black Boxes, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, E-Scooters, EVENT DATA RECORDER, Mass Transit, NHTSA, NMA, NTSB, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, Roadblocks, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Technology, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, TOLLING, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, VMT Tax
Welcome to the War on Cars Watch, a weekly blog to bring together all the stories that affect motorists with regards to street planning such as road diets, and traffic calming as well as programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets. Please read this blog and let us know what you think by commenting […]
Little-Vehicle-Topia: Micromobility and the Rest of Us
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February 10, 2019
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E-Scooters, Gas Taxes, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, Mass Transit, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed Limits, VISION ZERO
I was exercise walking in my local park last fall and suddenly out of nowhere, a young woman on a scooter zipped past me and we almost collided. She cut me off as she headed for the grass to take a short cut. Not only was this rude, but scary. As someone walking on a […]
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