NMA Principle Number 7: Motorists’ rights that keep pace with technological advances
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
Paying More for Less Service: NMA E-Newsletter #534
By 2021, New York City will begin charging drivers who enter Manhattan below Central Park under the guise of congestion pricing. No one is surprised. City and state officials have been trying to make this happen for years. The rare alignment of views between the governor, the mayor, and the state legislature─each likely motivated by […]
Uber Court Decision, Algorithmic Bias, and the Union of Glass and Metal
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 […]
In the Age of Driverless Cars, Auto Insurance Will Be More Important Than Ever
Automakers have historically devised ingenious ways to make driving safer and more enjoyable. Now, with the advent of the autonomous vehicle (AV) approaching, we soon may not need to drive at all. According to a new Esurance report, driverless cars have the potential to become an affordable way to get from point A to point […]
Little-Vehicle-Topia: Micromobility and the Rest of Us
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 […]
The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520
We wanted to do something special for Issue #520 because it marks ten years of uninterrupted weekly NMA e-newsletters that, we hope, have provided entertaining (if not thought-provoking) perspectives. To carry on that tradition, NMA and NMA Foundation directors were asked to provide mini essays for the occasion. No one likes homework but they tackled […]
All Hail more Traffic Congestion
From Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director This NMA weekly E-Newsletter #484 appeared in April 2018. Ridesharing is still not the solution but indeed-much of the problem for traffic congestion. Some new linked articles appear at the bottom of this post. The math is simple. More cars on the streets equals more traffic congestion. Ridesharing companies […]
Should I Buy a Car Even Though I Live in the City?
In the United States, there were 222 million people who had a driver’s license in 2016. People are driving to work, school, vacations and other personal reasons. When living in rural or suburban areas, owning a car is a must. Work, grocery stores and local schools can be over 15 minutes to an hour away. […]
Has Uber Really Grown Up?
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has already been at the helm for a year and recently Fortune posted an editorial called Uber is Finally Growing Up. In reading between the lines, it does seem that the company is no longer spiraling out of control. In the past month, a number of stories have been posted talking […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 20, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! Federal Funds Turn Texas Speed Traps into Municipal Windfall In NYC, Uber Joins Special Interests Pushing for Manhattan Congestion Tax Iowa Supremes Return to Speed Camera Question Friday, August 17, 2018 Federal Funds Turn Texas Speed Traps Into Municipal Windfall Federal taxpayers are footing the bill for Texas police officers […]