The Case for Self-Enforcing Streets

While New York City has made significant progress to reduce traffic violence on our streets, 220 people were killed and more than 60,000 were injured in traffic crashes in 2019. As the City works to reduce these numbers, too often, it relies on police officer-based enforcement solutions to change behaviors such as speeding and biking on sidewalks. However, police officer-based enforcement is less effective than infrastructural alternatives, like street redesigns and automated enforcement, and puts people of color at risk.