By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director On a recent Saturday evening, I spoke at a concerned-citizen Zoom meeting on the planned express toll lanes for US Highway 69 in Overland Park, Kansas. In researching the topic and listening to local residents and commuters, I thought it would be appropriate to write about the difficulty in […]
54 Blog Posts From the Traffic Calming Tag
Overland Park, KS: Future of US Highway 69 and the Proposed Express Toll Lanes: NMA E-Newsletter #647
June 7, 2021 • 0 Comments • Congestion Pricing, ETL, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, NMA, Road Diets, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety
The Orwellian Era of Transportation Planning: NMA E-Newsletter #629
February 1, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Complete Streets, Mass Transit, Parking, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Signals, VISION ZERO
By Christopher M. DiPrima, NMA Board Member George Orwell’s seminal 1984 has defined political discourse for over 70 years. Among the book’s most prescient concepts is doublethink, the practice of using contradictory terminology to obscure the government’s actions. In 1984, the Ministry of Peace propagates war; the Ministry of Plenty rations goods; the Ministry of […]
Big Bike and Common Sense
March 20, 2020 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, road safety, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #578, which was emailed to NMA members on February 9, 2020. If you would like to receive the weekly E-Newsletter, a one-topic dive into an important aspect of motorists’ rights, become an NMA member today! When did traffic safety become […]
Pushback on Vision Zero in Los Angeles
February 19, 2020 • 1 Comment • Bicycle, Bicyclist, KUSM, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, SAFETY, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By John Russo, Co-Founder, and Director of KeepLAMoving and KeepTheUSMoving Last week the Los Angeles Times ran an article about the failure of the city’s Vision Zero plan to reduce traffic deaths over the last four years. Since Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the initiative in August 2015, pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are up substantially, with […]
Do Vision Zero Programs equal more Traffic Accidents?
January 17, 2020 • 2 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post first appeared as Newsletter #559 on September 29, 2019. This post includes a few updates. Many cities and states around the country have adopted a Vision Zero program which strives for zero traffic deaths, usually by a specific year. Some of the oldest programs, though, […]
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