Sunday Open Thread [7.28.13]
The NJ does a long piece today about the red-light camera industry here in Delaware. Most interesting is that Wilmington's program seems most disconnected to any effort to increase traffic safety, even though safety data is available for analysis. I'm also intrigued by the fact that Wilmington operates its camera on a revenue-sharing basis with its contractors, while DelDOT does not. Revenue-sharing with an entity that is supposed to make money obviously changes the incentives for camera placement and enforcement, and is one more deal that Wilmington was willing to cut that doesn't look like it was for the benefit of its taxpayers.