Nick Licata has proposed replacing the so-called "head tax," which the city council repealed earlier today, by dedicating revenues from mobile speed vans to pedestrian safety projects. Currently, money from speed-van tickets goes to the city's general fund; Licata estimates that the change could increase the city's funding for pedestrian safety to $15 million a year.

The city is also asking the legislature for a change to state law that would allow speed vans in areas other than school zones, to which they're currently restricted.

If Licata's proposal sounds familiar, that's because it's strikingly similar to an earlier proposal by council member Tim Burgess to replace the head tax with a "dedicated revenue source." However, Burgess, unlike Licata, hasn't actually proposed any legislation. Burgess hasn't yet returned a call for more detail on what became of his head-tax replacement proposal.