Mayor Adams "Flips the Switch," Turns on Speed Cameras 24/7
August 1, 2022
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as posted by the channelBeginning Tonight at 10:00 PM, NYC’s 2,000 Speed Cameras Will Help Keep New Yorkers Safe Around the Clock
Program’s Expansion Follows Monthlong, Multilingual, Multimedia Public Education Campaign Reminding New Yorkers of Expansion and Importance of Safe Driving
Speed Cameras and Automated Traffic Enforcement Are Proven, Effective Safety Tools
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today flipped a ceremonial switch to mark the expansion of the city’s speed camera program that will help keep New Yorkers safe around the clock. Beginning tonight, the city’s 2,000 speed cameras in 750 school zones citywide will operate 24/7 for the first time. Throughout July, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), and other agencies and offices in the city’s Vision Zero Task Force led a multimedia, multilingual public awareness campaign to inform drivers of the coming change and remind them to drive safely and responsibly. Speed cameras and automated traffic enforcement are proven tools that prevent dangerous behavior and crashes, reducing speeding by 72 percent on average.
The city’s 2,000 automated speed cameras were previously authorized by the state to operate only on weekdays, between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM — missing the 59 percent of traffic fatalities that occurred when the cameras were previously required to be turned off. A state law supported by the Adams administration and signed in June by New York Governor Kathy Hochul now allows the cameras to operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Nearly one-third of on-street traffic fatalities occur in camera zones at times when cameras were previously not permitted to operate.
The expansion of the speed camera program marks another major action of the Adams administration to keep New York City’s streets safe. Already this year, Mayor Adams has made a historic commitment to invest more than $900 million in critical street safety initiatives; laid out a plan to redesign 1,000 intersections across the city to protect pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers; and launched a $4 million campaign targeting speeding and reckless driving.
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August 1, 2022
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