Transportation
How Speed Cameras Brought One Ohio Village to a Standstill
Not only is Elmwood Place now embroiled in expensive litigation, it has developed a local reputation as a place to avoid.
The village of Elmwood Place, Ohio, population just over 2,000, is a low-key community, not usually featured in national headlines. But that's changed in the last year, as this village, which is almost entirely surrounded by the city of Cincinnati, has become the latest battleground in the contentious war over speed cameras.
As the the Associated Press has reported, the Elmwood Place town council had been concerned about heavy traffic dominating the local main street. As many as 18,000 vehicles a day were often speeding through Elmwood Place on their way to other destinations.