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Automated Traffic Enforcement – a.k.a. traffic cameras – is a tool used by the Metropolitan Police Department to enforce traffic violations. The post that follows was provided to AARP DC by the DC Bicycle Advisory Council and Marlene Berlin, pedestrian advocate. Last year, AARP DC participated in a task force, led by Councilmembers Wells and Cheh, that explored ways to a safety-based system of automated traffic enforcement.

AARP DC believes that an Age-Friendly DC must be built on the needs, intersts, and concerns of District residents. What is working well in neighborhoods, what is missing, and what will residnets of all ages need to live and thrive in the District.

As the District of C olumbia is transformed into an Age-Friendly City, AARP DC is breaking down the eight domains of civic life that define age-friendliness. For two weeks we looked at Outdoor Space and now we turn to Transportation.

In a recent conversation with AARP DC, an employee of the District’s Office of Planning noted that every month the District is adding over 1,000 new residents. On account of this growth and the desire to support persons as they continue to live, work, and play in the District, the Mayor has committed to make DC an Age-Friendly City – a place where persons of all ages and abilities are able to live and thrive here.