Tag: speeding cameras

June 9, 2023

Workgroup recommends slowing speed camera expansion until equity issues are resolved

Speed cameras can reduce speeding and collisions while simultaneously bringing in funds to make permanent physical safety improvements to streets. And they can do all this without involving an armed police officer, sidestepping the issue of biased policing. Or at least, that’s how it is supposed to work. Whose Streets? Our Streets! is “a BIPOC-focused…
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tagged: seattle neighborhood greenways, speeding cameras, whose streets our streets
May 27, 2014

Two chances this week to weigh in on school road safety investments

One of Seattle’s smartest road safety strategies in recent years has been its school road safety efforts, funded in large part by school zone speeding cameras. You have two chances this week to weigh in on the efforts and help guide investments: Tuesday (today), 6 p.m. at Northeast Branch Library (NE 68th St and 35th…
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tagged: safe routes to school, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, speeding cameras