"Mayor Muriel Bowser pointed to the city's expanded speed and red light camera system as one reason traffic fatalities fell by 52 percent here last year."
"In a letter to committee chairman James Comer signed by the entire DC Council, Council Chairperson Phil Mendelson wrote that 'enactment of these restrictions will inevitably lead to more speeding, more dangerous driving, and more serious injuries on our roads.'"
"Yet again, Republicans are wasting time they should be using to solve significant problems facing the American people to instead address their pet peeves."
The House Oversight Committee passed a bill authored by Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry that would eliminate Washington DC's 546 traffic cameras and require the city to legalize right turns on red at every intersection. The bill advanced along strict party lines. DC officials strongly opposed it, with Mayor Muriel Bowser citing the camera system's role in reducing traffic fatalities by 52 percent last year. The DC Council, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Shadow Senator Ankit Jain criticized the measure as undemocratic and warned it would increase speeding and dangerous driving. The bill's passage from committee does not guarantee it becomes law, as House leadership must schedule a rules debate and full floor vote, a process that has been slow for similar bills.
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