Post by Logan on Mar 16, 2017 4:11:16 GMT -6
Jaywalking Crackdown: A Tax On Poor People, Tempe Light-Rail Riders Complain
On the morning of January 13, Juliet Miller headed to the Price-101 Freeway stop to catch the light rail to Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus.
The nursing student crossed the street to get to the light rail platform as the crosswalk timer was counting down. She saw that she had 18 seconds left.
Then she saw flashing lights behind her. A Tempe police officer on a motorcycle approached and followed her onto the platform, asked for her ID, and handed her a ticket for $206.
Miller was flabbergasted. “$200 is a lot of money,” she says. “That’s more than half of what I pay in rent every month.”
Read more: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-police-crack-down-jaywalking-light-rail-stations-9162590
On the morning of January 13, Juliet Miller headed to the Price-101 Freeway stop to catch the light rail to Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus.
The nursing student crossed the street to get to the light rail platform as the crosswalk timer was counting down. She saw that she had 18 seconds left.
Then she saw flashing lights behind her. A Tempe police officer on a motorcycle approached and followed her onto the platform, asked for her ID, and handed her a ticket for $206.
Miller was flabbergasted. “$200 is a lot of money,” she says. “That’s more than half of what I pay in rent every month.”
Read more: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-police-crack-down-jaywalking-light-rail-stations-9162590