February 20, 2008

When The Money Disappears, So Do The Ticket Cameras

From The Daily World in Aberdeen, Washington on February 16, 2008:

  Mayor Bill Simpson will hold off on plans to put red light cameras in Aberdeen intersections in the wake of an initiative Tim Eyman is proposing to reduce traffic congestion.

  […]

  Eyman has proposed an initiative that could take any revenue the city would receive from the tickets the cameras would generate and put it into a special account to help reduce traffic congestion statewide.

  “That’s not really what we were expecting when we got into all of this,” Simpson said.

  […]

  Eyman’s initiative aims to reduce congestion by opening up carpool lanes to all vehicles in non-peak hours, requires traffic signals to be synchronized and insists accidents be cleared from roadways quicker.

THE ARTICLE from those WONDERFUL people at the National Motorists Association