Republicans Target D.C. Traffic Cameras and Right-on-Red Ban Amid Trump ‘Takeover’
Automated enforcement has been shown to work. But federal officials who drive everywhere don't like it. Welcome to the Trump administration's takeover.
By
David Meyer
9:03 PM PDT on September 9, 2025
Automated enforcement has been shown to work. But federal officials who drive everywhere don’t like it. Welcome to the Trump administration’s takeover.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, David fell in love with journalism as a kid accompanying his reporter dad on stories while school was out. A reporter at Streetsblog from 2015 to 2019, David returned as Streetsblog Deputy Editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post. A graduate of Montgomery Blair High School and the University of Maryland, he lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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