Mount Pleasant DC Forum

[jack]

The April 13 primary election results; Biddle and Orange on Klingle Road; Columbia Heights man killed by trash truck exiting an alley; reform of "emergency no parking" placard procedures; proposal to allow liquor retailers t be open on Sunday; speed cameras and other photo enforcement devices; rats around 18th and Newton; the food-truck event at Lamont Park; bushes extending out over sidewalks; ANC candidacy petitions.

[ilana-mtp]

Concerning the speed camera on Porter -- This camera, as you noted, is just a cash-cow for the city: Even **without** my foot on the accelerator as I am going down, the speed of my car will easily reach and pass 30 mph. I have to brake right at the bottom of the hill in order to get under that speed.
The net result: a lot of energy wasted in decelerating and accelerating again (nobody does 30 mph once they pass the speed camera reach). I should estimate the average of gas wasted in a day by all the cars there just for this maneuver. This can't be too good for the environment but at least, it's good for the Mayor's coffers...