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Traffic Working Group Message – March 29, 2022
Traffic Working Group (TWG) Colleagues:
ACTION ITEM: Sign Transportation Alternative’s online petition to our legislators to give NYC ‘home rule’ on traffic control cameras:
https://p2a.co/ZCLnKkZ
This will take only a minute…please do it:
BACKGROUND: Traffic cameras (red light cameras, speed cameras, bus lane cameras) have been shown to reduce accidents, reduce personal injury and property damage, and augment NYPD enforcement. NYS Law, however, limits the number of cameras that NYC can use to only 150 active cameras; this has been the case since 1994 (https://www.transalt.org/home-rule-means-safe-streets-nyc).
I discovered recently that one of our incumbent legislators was not aware of the traffic camera law nor of the limitation the state has imposed on NYC regarding traffic control cameras (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VAT/1111-A). With this being a state election year, now is the time to press for changes to this law. This petition will go to Governor Hochul and our state representatives (in our case, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, and State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou) asking them to work to change the law and allow NYC “home rule” in setting up traffic cameras.
So…ACTION ITEM: Sign https://p2a.co/ZCLnKkZ
If you willing to volunteer to take some action to fix our traffic mess, sign up at:
https://forms.gle/mwT2HLB7o7CKwk4F9
If you have questions, contact me at bill.ferns@gmail.com .
Yours,
Bill Ferns My pronouns: he / him / his
Resources:
NYS Traffic Camera Law: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VAT/1111-A
Data on Traffic Camera Efficacy: https://www.transalt.org/home-rule-means-safe-streets-nyc
