The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story comes from our national reporter Ren Zaro Fitzgerald, who looked into the way libertarian lawmakers are trying to throw out the safety baby with the surveillance state bathwater.
It’s a story that could hit home if Washington pols try to tamper (as they’ve already been discussing) with our automated enforcement system.
Also, scroll down for some stories you might have missed over the weekend, including one about the NYPD’s quest to make Summer Streets as unwelcoming as possible.
And we also posted a story by law enforcement reporter Sammy Sussman revealing just how few bus and bike lane parking tickets cops wrote last week. It’s stunning (stunning how few, that is).
If Summer Streets’ new security measures are here to stay, the city should replace NYPD vehicles with physical barriers, cut police staffing costs and use the investment to make the event last all weekend.