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Debate on including camera enforcement in bus lane mileage counts
0:52:32
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Council Member Brooks-Powers and Commissioner Rodriguez debate the inclusion of camera enforcement in bus lane mileage counts for the Streets Plan requirements.
- Brooks-Powers disagrees with Rodriguez's analysis, noting that camera enforcement came years after the Streets Plan law implementation
- Rodriguez maintains that camera enforcement can be counted towards bus lane mileage
- The Commissioner suggests that the conversation has typically focused only on new protected bus lanes, overlooking other aspects of enforcement
- This debate highlights a disagreement on how to measure progress towards Streets Plan goals for bus lanes
Selvena Brooks-Powers
0:52:32
I don't know that I agree with that analysis only because the enforcement by cameras in the bus lane came several years after the implementation of the streets plan law, but I hear you.
0:52:48
Why has the agency been able to come closer to meeting the bike lane requirement but not the targets for bus lanes or bus stops?