18 Alerts From the Red-Light Camera Tag

Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727

December 18, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE

If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]

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Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs: NMA E-Newsletter #693

April 24, 2022 • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Camera, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Safety, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, VISION ZERO

Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure and society interconnected digitally via the internet, intelligent signaling might revolutionize traffic flow, for better or worse. Market analysis firm Navigant Research has projected that smart signals will become a $3.8 […]

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The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption: NMA E-Newsletter #683

February 13, 2022 • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets

It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of the report: “Promote speed safety cameras as a proven safety countermeasure.” Protestations emanated from as far away as the […]

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Infrastructure Urgency, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #661

September 12, 2021 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, School Bus Cameras, School Bus Stop Arm Cameras, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

The sausage-making is in full swing as opposing parties in Washington wrestle the Senate’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the House’s $3.5 trillion version to the ground. In Infrastructure Urgency, Part 1, NMA E-Newsletter #659, we shared the first two in a series of NMA emails directed to members of the Transportation & Infrastructure […]

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What about Police Traffic Stop Reform Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #604

August 9, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Drone, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, License Plate Readers, NEWSLETTER, RACIAL PROFILING, Red-Light Camera, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, Traffic Enforcement, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic stops, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

Editor’s Note: Last week, in Part 1, we discussed ideas for traffic stop reform. This week we delve into some of the thornier issues for reform from the NMA perspective. Recently, Berkeley, California’s city council passed an ordinance to remove police officers out of the traffic enforcement equation. After the requisite planning and community input, […]

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