Transportation
No, Police Should Not Fine Cyclists Who Wear Headphones
Ticky-tacky penalties are no way to accomplish Vision Zero, especially if they won’t be enforced equitably.
The District of Columbia is now one year into its Vision Zero effort to end traffic fatalities in the city, and there’s still a lot of work to do.
As D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently noted, traffic deaths fell by about half over the past decade. In 2016, the city saw a slight uptick in total traffic fatalities (from 26 to 28) and a hike in traffic injuries (from 12,122 to 12,430), while it enjoyed a 40 percent decrease in pedestrian fatalities.