New York City streets around 20 schools may get a key safety measure in a few days. On Friday, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick delivered a bill (A4327-S4459A) that, when signed into law, will authorize a speed camera demonstration program in New York City. Glick has been trying to get similar bills passed in Albany since 2001.
Governor Cuomo has already indicated that he will sign the bill, though he has 10 days from delivery to make this long saga finally come to a successful end.
Revolutionizing the transportation system has been a signature accomplishment of Mayor Bloomberg’s administration, but the state legislature has periodically thrown up brick walls to foil his progress. The City’s attempts to get a congestion pricing program passed is perhaps the best example of the State tripping up local attempts to change policy, but even the use of simple tools like camera technologies have been caught in the state’s grip. Governor Cuomo’s quick signature of this bill could break this recent trend, and Tri-State urges the Governor to sign this bill as soon as possible.
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Guess you guys don’t do your own homework. Speed cause MORE accidents, at least in L.A. And the police lied about it. They only exist to fill city coffers. And you are cheering from the stands as New York finds another way to steal more of the public’s money. Great job!
“We looked at every accident at every red light camera intersection for six months of data before the cameras were installed and six months after.
The final figures? Twenty of the 32 intersections show accidents up after the cameras were installed! Three remained the same and only nine intersections showed accidents decreasing.
At Manchester Avenue and Figueroa Street, accidents more than tripled from five before the cameras were installed to 16 afterwards. Westwood Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard tripled from three to nine. At Rodeo Road and La Brea Avenue, collisions nearly tripled from seven in the six months before the cameras were installed to 20 in the same period afterwards.”
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