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Is Automated Enforcement Making U.S. Cities Safer or Just Raising Revenue? — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
submitted 6 months ago by nix@midwest.social to c/left_urbanism@lemmy.ml
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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just raising revenue. Cut down on vehicular traffic in cities and they'll be far safer than any automated enforcement could ever hope to achieve.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

A city I lived in had automated traffic light enforcement. The city council received a report that it had neither reduced the danger at the intersections in question, nor had the program created enough revenue to pay for itself.

They kept it.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yes.