Meet Alex, a 22-year-old fourth-year Environmental Studies student at the University of Waterloo who has a keen interest in urban planning and transportation systems. After spending summers interning with local municipalities on traffic management projects, Alex has developed a thoughtful perspective on how technology and legislation intersect in controlling city infrastructure. Always up for a debate about the ethics of surveillance and data usage, this comment reflects Alex’s daily encounters with the intricacies of traffic regulations and video evidence in their studies.