The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Vision Zero
Originally posted on August 12, 2018, this NMA newsletter is #500. The implementation of Vision Zero programs, with the goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities through various means including reducing vehicle speed and movement, is spreading to many U.S. cities seemingly without concern for cost. If Vision Zero had a goal of minimizing road deaths […]
Bumper to Bumper: How Singapore Is Combating Traffic Jams
The problem of traffic in Singapore has been a subject of heated discussion among drivers and lawmakers for more than 40 years. The problem was first widely addressed in 1975 when traffic shut local traffic at peak times to such a crawl, commuters were only averaging about 12 miles per hour, even on multi-lane highways. […]
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 […]
NMA Principle Number 6: Reasonable highway user fees for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects
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 […]
Lane Splitting for Bikers May Soon Be Legal in Connecticut
From Peter Bowman, a personal injury attorney of Billings, Barrett, and Bowman Motorcyclists can rejoice as lane splitting may soon be allowed in Connecticut! Lane splitting refers to a motorcyclist that rides their bike between two lanes of traffic. This behavior has been against the law for years throughout the state due to some legislators […]
Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots—Readers’ Responses: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #525
Last week, we emailed and posted on our website a guest newsletter entitled Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots? written by Eric Berg, an NMA Board Member, an NMA Life Member, an avid sport bicyclist, and a staunch defender of motorists’ rights. Readers, including some of whom (like Eric) are bicyclists, responded with interesting perspectives which […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #523
In NMA E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, Jim Walker, Gary Biller, and Steve Carrellas provided their thoughts — limited by the NMA to less than 300 words — on the significant challenges that motorists and the NMA will face over the next decade. We asked readers to chime in with their thoughts and published […]
National Academies Report Demands $70 Billion In Highway Tolls, Taxes: NMA E-Newsletter #521
“This article originally appeared on TheNewspaper.com, (“Driving Politics”) and is reprinted with their kind permission.” Federally funded report explores the possibility of turning every mile of interstate highway into a toll road. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a report saying motorists ought to pay up to $70 billion in higher […]
Who knew that General Motors could be so Nimble…
In the direction of nimbleness, General Motors announced this week they were closing down five North American plants, letting go 14,000 hardworking folks (15 percent of the company’s US work force) and up to 25 percent of their worldwide administrative staff. GM let go all these folks because they worked on sedans and the hybrid […]