Whose Streets? Our Streets! Automated Traffic Enforcement Survey
About this survey: We are conducting a survey on Seattle's automated traffic safety cameras to inform and influence the policies and practices of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).

About our organization: Whose Streets? Our Streets! (WSOS) is a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) workgroup, convened in July 2020 by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. We use a pro-equity, anti-racist framework to review laws and policies governing the use of streets in Seattle and develop a vision of how our city can be a safe, thriving place without the use of armed police. We are dedicated to reviewing and revising laws and policies to better meet the needs of all street users—in particular, the BIPOC communities who have historically been excluded from the full and free use and governance of this shared public space. To learn more about us, visit https://www.our-streets.org/. You can contact us at wsos@seattlegreenways.org.

Note: unless you share your name and email address, your comments will be anonymous. Identifying information from this survey will not be shared outside of our organization.
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Before filling out this survey, please read our blog post on automated enforcement in Seattle. Remember that:

Automated enforcement has benefits, including:
- Fewer interactions with police officers
- The possibility of less biased enforcement
- Strong demonstrated impact on reducing speeding and collisions

But automated enforcement can also cause harm, including:
- Expensive tickets that many people are unable to pay
- Inequitable camera placement concentrated in lower-income
neighborhoods with more people of color
Question 1: Do you think the benefits of ticketing outweigh the harms, particularly for communities of color and low-income communities?
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Question 2: Should Seattle continue to invest in automated traffic safety cameras?
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Question 3:

Based on what our group learned from SDOT's analysis, we see several opportunities for Seattle to improve its automated enforcement practices.

On a scale from 1 (not a priority) to 5 (high priority), how do you feel about these possible changes to automated enforcement in Seattle?
1 - Not a priority
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5 - High priority
A. Receiving a warning for all first-time violations.
B. Improving and increasing signage for drivers approaching traffic cameras.
C. Reducing cameras in lower-income communities with more people of color, even on roads with the most speeding and collisions.
D. Adding cameras in wealthier communities with fewer people of color, even on roads that are relatively safe.
E. Removing cameras citywide and instead prioritizing street design that slows down cars and prevents collisions.
F. Lowering the cost of traffic ticket fines.
G. Setting traffic ticket fines to be based on your income or ability to pay.
H. Having more alternative options if you cannot afford a traffic ticket.
I. Ensuring that all revenue from automated tickets goes into making local streets safer.
J. Changing Washington state law to allow people who are not police officers to review automated camera tickets.
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Question 4 (optional): Share any other thoughts about traffic enforcement, policing, safety, or other topics.
Question 5: What is your racial or ethnic identity?
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Question 6: Have you ever received an automated traffic camera ticket in Seattle?
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Question 7: If you received a $237 traffic ticket today, could you afford it?
(Note: the choices below are alternative payment options currently available in Seattle.)
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