Slow down, New York City drivers! The new public school year starts Thursday and the city's speed camera program is at full, expanded capability to try to improve street safety. The school zone speed camera program in NYC, on the brink of extinction a year ago, has been increased almost 10-fold since 2018. It now includes more than 2,000 cameras in 750 locations, up from 140 last summer, within a quarter mile of a school building entrance or exit. According to The New York Times, this gives New York City the largest urban network of automated speed cameras in the United States. The … [Read more...]
School Zone Speed Camera Program in NYC Set to Expand
The school zone speed camera program in NYC, once on the brink of extinction, will soon dramatically expand to cover every elementary and most middle and highs schools in the city. A new bill passed by New York State legislators last week will add more than 600 new school zone speed cameras to 140 already in place. The cameras must be turned on between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays, a much broader time frame than the previous requirement of being operational only during school hours. The bill defines a school zone as a radius about a quarter mile from a school building, entrance or … [Read more...]
Speed Cameras Turned Back on with NYC Schools Back in Session
New York City public schools are back in session tomorrow, so if you plan on being behind the wheel remember this: slow down in school zones to save lives and save you from being fined. School zone speed cameras will be turned back on around all 140 city schools thanks to a deal worked out among Governor Andrew Cuomo, City Speaker Corey Johnson and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. Cuomo signed an executive order August 27 declaring a public safety emergency to reinstate the speed camera law by giving the NY Department of Motor Vehicles the power to share the cameras' information with the City … [Read more...]
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