if the city actually enforced traffic violations, the cost to most drivers would be MUCH higher than $8/day. a moving violation ticket plus the increase in insurance rates plus the points on their license; come to think of it, if we really had good enforcement, half the drivers out there would have their licenses taken away. which, i suppose, would reduce congestion…

Police shields MUST contain a smart card that gets them into ANY MTA location, any time, any number of times. (same for Fire, EMT, etc.) Primarily for emergency purposes, but also as a well-deserved job perk–one that’s environmentally far superior to corrupt parking privilege.

The AMNY article says there are still difficulties in making smart cards smart enough to count times used, etc. like a metrocard can, but those things don’t need to be figured out before police shields are equipped with such a crude “get in any time” smart card.

“In these audits, an independent team of highway safety experts evaluates a roadway and recommends changes such as modifying pavement markings and redesigning acceleration lanes.”

What a joke. In the place that has the busiest passenger railroad in the nation, they’re modifying pavement markings and making it easier to accelerate instead of determining how to take people off the road.

They need is a “transportation audit,” not a “road audit.”