A civic transparency platform under development, turning traffic enforcement, FOI records, and bylaw data into public infrastructure. Get updates, stories, and early access to tools as we build the civic record.
Building a Public Record of Enforcement, One Ticket at a Time
As residents, we deserve to know how and why we're being ticketed. 200 Brady Street is a civic transparency platform under development, designed to surface the systems behind red light, speed, and bylaw enforcement. Our mission is to connect lived experience to law, data, and oversight and make enforcement explainable, searchable, and public.
WHEN MACHINES ENFORCE THE LAW, THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO UNDERSTAND IT
Why It Matters
Enforcement isn’t just a matter of safety. It’s a system of logic, law, and judgment and we deserve to understand how it works.
Across cities, traffic enforcement is increasingly automated. Tickets arrive by mail. Vehicle owners, not drivers are fined. The rules that govern these systems, from red light violations to winter parking bylaws, are often invisible to the very people they affect.
200 Brady Street exists to change that. We’re building a platform where the logic behind enforcement becomes public. Ticket data, bylaw references, and camera locations are explorable. People can challenge, research, or verify enforcement events, not just absorb them.
If enforcement is automated, the oversight must be democratized. Transparency is not optional when machines enforce the law.
Public records should be truly public, searchable, contextual, and linked. Trust grows when systems are visible, not hidden behind bureaucracy.
We’re not here to end enforcement. We’re here to make it accountable, city by city, ticket by ticket.
We use terms like visibility and transparency carefully, here’s what we mean.
Turning a single ticket into civic visibility, each upload powers the public record.
Fuel the Public Record
How It Works
When launched, 200BradyStreet.com will allow users to upload, explore, and understand automated enforcement data, turning lived experience into structured public record.
Here’s how it will work:
You’ll be able to upload a red light, speed, or parking ticket for analysis.
The system will extract key data: bylaw code, timestamp, zone, issuing authority.
That ticket will be cross-referenced with public bylaws, camera locations, and enforcement maps.
You’ll see how the ticket connects to broader patterns, timing, volume, anomalies.
Who will use this? Journalists, legal clinics, and advocates will be able to search and export public trends. All uploads and queries will contribute to a growing, explainable archive of enforcement data.
The goal isn’t just to decode tickets. It’s to build visibility into the logic behind city enforcement, and to give people tools to make it make sense, and if required, fight back.
Who It’s For
200 Brady Street is designed for anyone who’s ever asked, “Why did I get this ticket and how does the system work?”
This platform will serve:
Residents who want to understand the rules, not just follow them
Journalists looking to investigate enforcement patterns, not just quote bylaws
Legal advocates who need public data to challenge unjust fines
Policy researchers mapping how automated enforcement shapes civic life
Technologists and designers working to build accountable civic tools
Funders who believe public infrastructure should be public
This isn’t a service. It’s a system for civic clarity and it’s being built for all of us.
We’re not building a product. We’re building civic infrastructure, shaped by public input, and accountable to the people it serves. If you care about transparency, oversight, or the future of automated enforcement, we want you with us. Follow our progress, access early tools, and help us shape the public archive
Help shape the archive. Civic transparency starts with you.
We’re not just building a platform
The Civic Record Starts Here
We’re building a shared archive of how enforcement happens, shaped by real tickets, real bylaws, and real public oversight. Join our effort to make enforcement explainable, data public, and cities accountable.
This sequence reflects the platform’s civic milestone roadmap, beginning with Milestone 1: Automated Ticket Transparency. Each phase builds upon that core, expanding public oversight through verified reports, FOI integration, and structured bylaw visibility
Why 200 Brady Street?
Origin & Mission
it started with a winter bylaw parking ticket. There was no snow in sight or in the forecast. The bylaw’s purpose was not to imped the city from removing snow. That led to a question: Why was enforcement triggered and by what logic? That question became a platform. 200 Brady Street investigates the systems behind fines, tickets, and automated citations and makes them public.
In Greater Sudbury, the winter overnight parking bylaw is in effect from December 1 to March 31, prohibiting parking on any city roadway, highway, laneway, or side street between midnight and 7 a.m.. This restriction is in place to facilitate snow removal operations. Vehicles parked in violation of this bylaw may be ticketed and towed if they impede snow removal. December 2023 was an odd snowfall year in Sudbury and no snow was present. This is the actual ticket that I received AND questioned.
