This article critiques Albany's recent session regarding street safety, emphasizing the limited progress achieved due to a late budget and response hesitancy from lawmakers amid growing tensions around cyclist regulations. Despite challenges, the major victory was the reauthorization of New York City's speed camera program through 2030, lauded for saving lives. Key legislators praised the shift in the political landscape around enforcement, although a crucial bill intended to mandate speed-limiting tech for repeat offenders fell short, highlighting ongoing struggles in improving road safety effectively.
The only real success was the reauthorization of New York City's speed camera program until July 1, 2030, marking a huge shift in the politics around automated enforcement.
Gounardes praised seeing through ideological arguments that forced advocates to rush to Albany to beg lawmakers to reauthorize cameras every few years.
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