Briggs: Don't blame bad street design for Indianapolis' traffic crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But, between 2007 and 2017, IMPD recorded an average of 64 fatal collisions per year, a number that had been ticking up in recent years as the department devoted fewer resources to enforcement and issued far fewer citations.
48% : Enforcement was especially low last year as IMPD sought to avoid unnecessary public encounters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
44% : In the weeks since a horrific crash killed a 7-year-old girl outside of an elementary school in Irvington, the discussion over traffic has splintered in two directions: street design and enforcement.
43% : The bulk of available evidence suggests that enforcement in general, including through the use of cameras, can make a difference.
43% : IMPD for years pulled back on enforcement because of shrinking resources and philosophical changes.

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