Posts tagged Enforcement
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DC Council bill would lower traffic camera fines
Councilmembers Tommy Wells (ward 6), Mary Cheh (ward 3), and Marion Barry (ward 8) just introduced a bill to lower traffic camera fines for low levels of speeding, blocking the box, stop signs and more. The bill will drop fines to $50 for certain offenses:Speeding up to 20 mph over the limit Blocking the box Not yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk Not coming to a complete… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contested transportation
GMU pushes sprawl some more; ANC agrees to no parking; Arlington candidates cold on streetcar; Graham vs. WMATA ethics; Got 11 cars?; TOD underway, awaits transit; Expanded transfers expands bus service; And…. Keep reading…
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U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes pose safety risk
A driver, talking on a cell phone, started to make an illegal U-turn across the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes and almost hit Bill Walsh. He recorded the experience in a video: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Different opinions
Approaches to cameras; Pennsylvania Ave. in danger, or not?; The at-large candidates talk parking; A brief history of bumpy tiles; Hill East in smaller bites; Montgomery planners are open; The train of Versailles; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Playoffs?
Playoff costs and benefits; Don’t need parking; Driver hits kids on Walk to School Day; Don’t walk, says LeMunyon; Low income and bikeshare; Housing list may close; Study sees red; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Share the load
Path will be too narrow; Lanier talks tickets; Initiatives face confusion; Another taxi app; Windy City wants safer walking; Elevated bike highways: good idea?; And…. Keep reading…
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Block the crosswalk? Brazilians will lift your car
When inconsiderate motorists stop their cars in the crosswalk, pedestrians are often forced to walk dangerously close to traffic or navigate raised islands to get across the street. The Rotary Club in the Brazilian city of Florianópolis came up with an innovative solution: a team of people to move the car out of the way. Keep reading…
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Task force tries to make peace over cameras; AAA doesn’t
Traffic cameras have saved lives, said Lisa Sutter of the Metropolitan Police Department at yesterday’s task force meeting on automated enforcement. DC’s fatalities declined 69% in 10 years, compared to only 28% nationwide, and MPT believes its speed and red light cameras are the reason. Still, many residents believe fines are too high, and that their purpose… Keep reading…
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How else can DC’s camera program improve safety?
The District’s traffic camera program is a good idea and a very important initiative, but it won’t enjoy public support unless it’s clear to voters that safety is the goal, not revenue. A task force, which I’m serving on, will meet soon to formulate recommendations for Councilmembers Cheh and Wells. Last week, I suggested some ways DC might identify… Keep reading…
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What is the right level for speed camera fines?
A task force will study whether to lower the fines for DC’s traffic cameras. What is the right level of fine, and how can DC policymakers use science to determine the right level that maximizes safety? Councilmember Mary Cheh (ward 3), co-chair of the task force, has asked me to serve on the task force. Other members will come from the pedestrian and bicycle advisory councils,… Keep reading…