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Committee adopts LADOT definition of 'self-enforcing infrastructure'; advocates urge caution on automated enforcement
Summary
The Transportation Committee accepted a LADOT report defining self-enforcing infrastructure within a safe-systems framework and received testimony urging caution about automated enforcement tools, especially speed cameras, and their potential disparate impacts.
The Los Angeles City Transportation Committee on April 9 adopted a Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report defining "self-enforcing infrastructure" and explaining how the department's work aligns with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Systems approach. The committee noted the report and directed LADOT to continue work on related items, including post-crash care and fees/fines reports due back separately.
Pamela Lee, supervising transportation planner 2 and project manager for LADOT's Alternatives to Traffic Enforcement project, told the committee the department is using the Federal Highway Administration's definition within the broader USDOT safe-systems framework. "The safe systems approach assumes human error..." Lee said, adding that LADOT…
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