Re: [privacy] Are license plate scanners or mandatory RFID cartagscoming to NYC?

[rms () computerbytesman com]

Larry,

Thanks for digging this out.  It is very helpful.  I wonder if anyone has
thought about data retention policies of travel information in the backend
database.  I'm willing to bet that anyone raising questions about data
retention will be told that the database can be used to help catch
terrorists.

Richard


> > > > -- Exempt drivers who bypass the business district on their way to
> > > > another part of the city.
>
> > > And they enforce that how? :)
>
> > They're enlisting an army of squeegee men to collect the fee
>
> Actually, if anyone is interested, this is  one idea in a bunch of them
> as part of a master plan
> (http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/home/home.shtml). There is a
> "PLANYC 2030" Technical Report due, but not up yet on the site. The
> less-detailed report
> (http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/downloads/pdf/report_transportation.
> pdf) says (p.18):
>
> "Passenger vehicles entering or leaving Manhattan below 86th Street
> during the business day (weekdays 6 am to 6pm)-with the exception of the
> FDR Drive, the West Side Highway, and West Street-would pay an $8 daily
> fee. Trucks would pay $21. Autos that drive only within "the Zone" would
> pay half price. The charge would apply to all vehicles, except emergency
> vehicles, those with handicapped license plates, taxis, and for-hire
> vehicles (radio cars).
>
> Vehicles using E-Z Pass that travel through MTA or Port Authority (PA)
> tolled crossings on the same day would pay only the difference between
> their MTA or PA tolls and the congestion charge, so that drivers don't
> have an incentive to detour across free bridges. Because roads on the
> periphery of Manhattan will not be in the Zone, trips around the Zone
> (for example, from Harlem to Brooklyn) would not be charged.
>
> Payment would involve no toll gates or waiting areas. The technological
> backbone of the system would be E-Z Pass, which relies on high-speed
> sensors, and is used by more than 70% of New York area drivers.  The
> charge would appear on drivers' E-Z Pass statements.
>
> For those drivers without E-Z Pass, their license plates would be
> checked automatically by cameras mounted on traffic light poles, with
> payment options available through Internet,
> the telephone, or at participating retail outlets. Drivers would have
> two days to pay the charge."
>
> So yes, cameras and RFID, and it's basically the tunnels and east river
> bridges they're picking on. I guess it would drive a lot of inbound
> traffic uptown.
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
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> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larryseltzer () ziffdavis com
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