Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about speed cameras

Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 13, 2023 | No Comments

The problem of cars evading speed, red-light and bus-lane cameras with defaced or covered plates has gotten markedly worse — with more than 7 percent of plates that triggered automated enforcement cameras last summer proving to be unreadable.

Vision Zero ain't done. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Highways to Hell: Now Mayor Adams Needs to Advocate for Speed Cameras on Expressways

By Stephen Graham | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

The only part of New York's traffic system that has lately gotten more deadly instead of less is highway driving. The solution is simple, but prohibited. Mayor Adams needs to work to change that.

People still speed. A lot. But less. At least that's the story. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.

OPINION: Use Speed Cameras to Change Drivers’ Behavior

By Peter Muennig | Oct 25, 2022 | No Comments

Combined with other interventions, the devices could have an even greater role in traffic calming post-pandemic.

Council Member Erik Bottcher wants speed cameras to work better. Warning: This is a Photoshopped image!

CM Bottcher: City Must Publicly Report on Plate-Covering Perps

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 29, 2022 | No Comments

The Council member wants to require the Department of Transportation to issue monthly reports detailing how many times a city speed or red-light camera was foiled because a driver had defaced or covered his or her plate.

Council Member Inna Vernikov's car has 23 school-zone speeding tickets since 2022 — and nine this year already.

Trump-Loving Anti-Camera Pol Has 23 School-Zone Speeding Tickets!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

Council Member Inna Vernikov's car has been slapped with 23 camera-issued tickets since mid-2020, including nine this year, which may explain why she voted against speed cameras.

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