Traffic Cameras: Will Ottawa Go The Way Of D.C.?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is proposing getting rid of city speed cameras calling them a “tax grab.”

Washington is seeing the same kind of movement:

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Republicans in Washington are harnessing the gripes of speeding suburban drivers across the nation with a new proposal to defund the 26-year-old traffic enforcement camera program in the nation’s capital and override the city’s law banning right turns on red.

… Speed, red light, stop sign, school bus stop-arm and bus priority enforcement cameras have been a longtime bugaboo of the House GOP, whose members pushed a similar provision in 2023 that failed to become law. Trump’s latest intervention in the city’s self-governance in the name of public safety breathed new life into the effort, say Washingtonians.

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To read the full story from Streetsblog, click here.

For You:

Speed Cameras Are A Tax Grab: PATTON

Tierney Should Take His Legal Medicine: BENN

The City Gets Work-At-Home Wrong: MULVIHILL

Traffic Cones: Tierney Is Not A Serious Person

City Signs: Have A Nice Pay: CRERAR

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