Red-light districts
LA Observed Sketchbook - Red light district operations designed to rake in the money while actually worsening things in the vicinity. Red-light cameras are pretty much the exact same thing as Amersterdam's red-light camera district.
The National Motorist Association NMA has been contending that red-light cameras (RLCs) are a detriment to motorist safety for many years. People, both in the media and in the general public, often dismiss this claim as opinion, suggest that there isn’t enough data available yet, ask why we support people who run red lights (we don’t), or write off the organization as being biased. Read this List of Research Reports from NMA