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State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
January 10, 2023
Should People Be Able to Issue Their Neighbors Traffic Fines?
Imagine a world where every cell phone in every pocket in America could be instantly transformed into a portable traffic camera, capable of issuing misbehaving motorists a ticket with little more than a few swipes on a touch screen.
November 24, 2022
Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)
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.
November 14, 2022
OPINION: Use Speed Cameras to Change Drivers’ Behavior
Combined with other interventions, the devices could have an even greater role in traffic calming post-pandemic.
October 25, 2022
CM Bottcher: City Must Publicly Report on Plate-Covering Perps
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.
September 29, 2022
Trump-Loving Anti-Camera Pol Has 23 School-Zone Speeding Tickets!
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.
September 15, 2022
Queens Pol Voted Against Speed Cameras — And Has 27 Speeding Tickets!
Council Member Joann Ariola has racked up 48 violations on her SUV since 2017, including a whopping 27 for speeding in school zones and two for blowing through red lights.
September 9, 2022
Drunk Drivers Who Kill Could Be Paying for their Crime for Almost 20 Years
July 8, 2022
Hochul Signs Speed Camera Bill, Citing Streetsblog’s Coverage of Unsafe School Streets
The city's speed cameras will no longer stop issuing tickets at 10 p.m. but will stay on the job 24-7-365, thanks to Gov. Hochul affixing her signature on the bill re-authorizing and expanding the automated enforcement.
June 24, 2022
City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’
This road diet is just what the doctor, or in this case the senator, ordered.
June 16, 2022
