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Red Light CamerasRed Light Camera Blitz Saving LivesMedia Hit link: Red Light Camera Blitz Saving LivesMedia Outlet: Staten Island AdvanceDate: February 17, 2008 Just over a year since the number of red light cameras citywide was doubled to 100 -- with 10 of them at Staten Island intersections -- the technology has been credited with a big drop in injuries and fatalities, as more and more drivers slam on the brakes instead of speeding through reds to avoid a $50 ticket. Island cameras were increased from five a year ago and they are responsible for a 32% percent increase in fines issues -- from 2,004 to 2,756.
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Red Light Cameras
A system of automated enforcement of red-light-running laws is already in use in New York City and is making the city a safer place to walk, cycle, and drive. T.A.
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Automated & Passive Enforcement
Speed CamerasManual enforcement of speed limits drains the resources of police departments and is difficult to carry out fairly and effectively. Recently, racial profiling has been uncovered as the basis for ticketing minority motorists at higher rates than white motorists. A better solution
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Traffic Safety Experts Say City’s Dummy Red-Light Camera Plan is Smart Stuff Transportation Alternatives (T.A.), a traffic safety watchdog group, strongly supports the New York City Department of Transportation’s plan to install 200 decoy red-light cameras around the city. Currently, the city has 50 red light cameras and no dummy cameras in place.
In threatening to put New Yorkers in the path of more red light runners, State Assemblymembers Joseph Lentol and Sheldon Silver have gone way too far in their bid to reopen firehouses, says Transportation Alternatives, New York’s advocates for street safety, and Brooklyn Community Board 1; the board, located within Lentol’s district recently passed a resolution in favor of reauthorizing the use of 100 red light cameras. Red Light Camera Extension and Expansion
Where: 56th Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard 12 year old Nicholas Ho, as he was bicycling along 56th Avenue on Wednesday July 7, was struck and critically injured by a red light runner on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens. On Sunday, July 11, Transportation Alternatives, New York City’s advocates for street safety, will be joined by State Senator Frank Padavan and Assemblymember Mark Weprin to call for an extension and expansion of New York’s successful Red Light Camera program. Privacy Is an Issue for Critics of CamerasMedia Outlet: New York TimesDate: June 9, 2007
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Nassau Residents Shy on Red-Light CamerasMedia Outlet: NewsdayDate: May 20, 2007
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Mayor: Add Traffic CamsMedia Hit link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/503022p-424274c.htmlMedia Outlet: New York Daily NewsDate: March 6, 2007
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