DC considers adding bus lane cameras on top of speed, red light photo tickets - WTOP Morning Headlines - Wednesday, April 25, 2018

"If people are using the bus lanes inappropriately, then it causes the buses to be stuck in the same traffic that all of us are stuck in when we're driving our vehicles, and that's not really a good thing, especially when you think that these buses in the peak hours would be heavily loaded with passengers," said Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering Associate Professor Kevin Heaslip, who is helping the District analyze the options for photo enforcement of bus lanes and other bus zones in the coming years. 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