By Randal O’Toole, The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: The NMA has received permission to post this report on recent findings on traffic safety in the US. Parts 2 and 3 will be featured in subsequent weeks. About 20,160 people died in traffic accidents in the first half of 2021, according to an early estimate released last week by the […]
99 Blog Posts From the VISION ZERO Tag
A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #670
November 15, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, Crosswalks, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Jaywalking, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
The Effort to Dictate How We Live
November 12, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Technology, VISION ZERO
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter in August 2021. If you would like to receive the one-topic newsletter every Sunday, subscribe HERE. While we have warned about the Vision Zero and Complete Streets mission to force people out of their cars in many previous writings, […]
Presenting the Next Automated Traffic Enforcement Device—the Noise Camera: NMA E-Newsletter #656
August 9, 2021 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, LEGISLATION, NEW YORK, Road Diets, SPEEDING, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Let’s face it—most of us dislike loud motorcycles or vehicles revving up next to us at an intersection, blowing by us on an interstate, or disrupting the solitude of our neighborhoods. But to use automated devices to catch people who are exceedingly noisy seems to push us deeper into the world of Big Brother than […]
The Effort to Dictate How We Live: NMA E-Newsletter #655
August 2, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Technology, VISION ZERO
While we have warned about the Vision Zero and Complete Streets mission to force people out of their cars in many previous writings, that goal has not been stated in starker terms than those used by the Shared Mobility Principles For Livable Cities. Its mission, published by an international coalition of over 150 agencies, organizations, […]
Jane Jacobs and the Mid-Rise Mania Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #652
Editor’s Note: The following content, reprinted in three parts — last week’s Part 1, this week’s Part 2, and Part 3 next week, is presented with permission from Randal O’Toole’s The Antiplanner, a blog whose tagline describes its point of view: “Dedicated to the sunset of government planning.” O’Toole is a senior fellow with the Cato […]
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