“Our bus-mounted cameras will heighten enforcement of new NYC DOT’s Transit Priority lanes that have completely transformed 14th Street from being one of the most congested corridors just a few months ago,” said Craig Cipriano, Acting MTA Bus Company president and senior vice president for buses of NYC Transit. Motorists who remain in a bus lane without exiting at the first possible right turn, or they are captured as blocking the bus lane in the same location by two successive buses, are considered violating traffic laws and will be ticketed. To further enhance transit priority, the MTA’s bus-mounted cameras will enforce traffic laws prohibiting vehicles from parking, loading or standing in the 14th Street bus lanes while bus lane hours are in effect. daily, only buses, trucks, paratransit vehicles and emergency services may make through trips on 14th Street between Third and Eighth Avenues, while all other vehicles must turn at the next available right. The forward-facing camera systems are installed on M14A/D SBS buses, which travel on 2.5 miles of bus lanes on 14th Street. “Taken together with customer-focused upgrades such as new bus boarding platforms, we expect to see continued, sustained improvements in bus speeds, M14 ridership and travel times.” “The bus-mounted camera system on 14th Street will be a game-changer for our service,” said MTA Managing Director Veronique Hakim.
The bus-mounted cameras complement existing New York City Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) fixed-location cameras, which will begin issuing violations with fines on Dec.
The priority lanes have contributed to a 38 percent decrease in travel times and a ridership jump to more than 32,000 daily customers. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed a new bus-mounted camera system on its M14 Select Bus Service (SBS) route to enforce bus lanes and to further enhance traffic enforcement on the new 14th Street Truck and Transit Priority lanes.
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