Over 80 percent of adult Americans drive and driving is the number one way most Americans travel today. Five out of the top 10 most congested cities in the world are from the U.S. and that is why cities across the country are trying to find ways to combat congestion on existing roads. Many urban […]
188 Blog Posts From the Traffic Congestion Tag
The Problem with Road Diets
• February 16, 2018 • 0 Comments • Mass Transit, NMA, road safety, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Thou Shall Not Pass
• February 13, 2018 • 0 Comments • DRIVERLESS CARS, Eric Peters, Speed Limits, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
This country is painted over with double yellow bars — a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Legal passing zones — always rare — are becoming almost nonexistent. Painted over — for no readily discernible reason. Well, actually, there is a reason: It is the purposeful discouragement of active — as […]
Big Cities + Autonomous Vehicles = Lack of Funding
• January 28, 2018 • 0 Comments • DRIVERLESS CARS, Mass Transit, Ridesharing, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
The NMA Foundation presents The Car of the Future weekly feature. Cities big and small want to jump on the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution. Bismarck, North Dakota announced recently that they will begin experimenting with one driverless bus. Monticello, Minnesota has already been testing driverless buses this winter. Waymo announced it will be testing some of its fleet […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 2: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #469
January 8, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, CONNECTICUT, Mass Transit, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, New York City, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
To read Part 1, click HERE. New York City (NYC) finds itself in a transportation perfect storm. The subway system is at a breaking point. Residents are abandoning city buses by droves because it’s faster to walk most days. Ridesharing vehicles clog the already snarled streets. At the center of it all: the mayor and […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #468
January 1, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, MINNESOTA, OREGON, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
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