Recent Streetsblog USA posts about enforcement

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Another View on Traffic Fines

By Kea Wilson | Apr 29, 2021 | No Comments

Does automated enforcement always make our streets safer? Or do the traffic fines they spit out simply send poor drivers into a spiral of poverty, lost mobility, and even incarceration, without necessarily saving the lives of many vulnerable road users?

Police Shoot Passenger Over Fare Enforcement

By John Greenfield | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

What's the best way to deal with unruly fare evaders? It's a complex question, but a more lenient policy might be worth the downsides, if it helps prevent the kind of near-deadly scenario we saw last week.

Defund Traffic Police To Make Streets Safer

By Melanie Curry | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

What the "Defund the Police" movement means for bicycling

DESTINY THOMAS: Urbanism is Complicit in Racism

By Destiny Thomas | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.

Racial Disparities In Stay-At-Home Order Policing

By John Greenfield | Apr 8, 2020 | No Comments

It makes sense for police to intervene when dangerously violating the pandemic rules. But we must make sure they're not unfairly targeting people of color for enforcement.

Seattle had the steepest decline in solo drivers in the country this decade thanks to expanded and more frequent bus service.

Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving

By Aaron Short | Nov 25, 2019 | No Comments

Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.

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