Tuesday’s Headlines: Creative Enforcement Edition
State Sen. Erik Bottcher has a clever idea for bicycle law enforcement: Rather than slap cyclists with the $190 fine for running a red light, why not give them an opportunity to learn from their mistakes?
Bottcher’s Bicycle Traffic Safety Education Alternative Act, which he announced on Monday, would give cyclists caught committing “non-criminal traffic violations” the option to “watch a safety video” rather than pay a fine:
Bottcher said he got the ideal from London, where the City of London Police direct law-breaking cyclists into a “Sin Bin” roadside tent to watch a safety video before sending them on their way. It’s a nice idea, and one that prioritize safety over punishment.
In other news:
- It’s Streetsblog’s Central Park Day! Follow along on our live-blog, which you’ll be able to find on our homepage starting around 7 a.m.
- Comptroller Mark Levine wants DOT to implement Sammy’s Law 20 mph speed limits in the communities that have requested it. (amNY)
- Riders Alliance wants to end unarmed bus fare enforcement. (Daily News)
- A high-paid lobbyist and ex-city official with ties to Uber is leading an astroturfed “national coalition” against Waymo, and former Mamdani aide Andrew Bard Epstein is also involved somehow. (Washington Post)
- Intersection improvements at Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place are set to begin soon. (Patch)
- Cops still don’t know what led to the shooting of a 26-year-old on a Midtown subway platform on Saturday, and still haven’t caught the alleged killer. (NY Times)
- Police identified the alleged hit-and-run e-scooter riders who killed 50-year-old Wilmary Carrion in July, but insist there’s no way to charge him. (Bronx Times)
- Authorities only took a few days to apprehend and charge an alleged hit-and-run driver who injured an NYPD officer in the Bronx over the weekend. (Daily News)
- President Trump’s new press secretary is a recidivist reckless driver. (Daily Beast)
- An office building at 100 Gold Street could become the densest apartment building in the country. (The City Reporter)
- The MTA’s train yard facilities are in bad shape, the authority’s inspector general said. (Gothamist)
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