Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about red light 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.

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.

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DC Following NYC with Right-On-Red Ban — Will Others Finally Follow?

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | No Comments

The nation's capital is poised to become the second major city in the United States to repeal a dangerous law that allowed drivers to make right turns at red lights — and some advocates believe other communities are overdue to follow.

Half good, half bad. Half full. It's a metaphor.

THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."

Mayor Adams (standing with the family of high school basketball star Isaiah Benloss, who was killed by a speeding driver) demanded that Albany give him control over city speed cameras and speed limits. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Adams Wants Albany Help in Stopping Reckless Drivers, But There is Much More He Can Do On His Own

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 25, 2022 | No Comments

"It's just unbelievable that we are here trying to convince Albany to give us the speed cameras we need that has proven to be successful. The numbers are so clear on how these cameras are helping us," Adams said.