Motorists Vote 2022: An Overview of US Motorist-Related Ballot Initiatives from the November 8th Vote: NMA E-Newsletter #723

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 […]

In which engineers discover professional ethics

Lincoln, Nebraska city councilors have a message for their traffic engineers: If you do your job, we’ll replace you with somebody who won’t. The problem started when city engineers said some school zones were unnecessary and unsafe. Their decision was made based on actual crash reports, not wishful thinking. City councilors didn’t get elected by […]

Running the gauntlet

I hate freeway snipers. I was on the straightest road in America when I noticed a person bent over the edge of the overpass shooting into traffic. A mile later two victims were on the shoulder while a third chase car lay in wait. I hate holiday weekends. On holiday weekends the federal government turns […]