{"id":232724,"date":"2026-05-15T14:57:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232724\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:57:38","slug":"bus-lane-camera-fines-expand-to-more-queens-brooklyn-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232724\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus lane camera fines expand to more Queens, Brooklyn routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MTA on Friday expanded its <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/brooklyn\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/mta-continues-crackdown-on-bus-lane-parking-with-more-cameras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bus lane camera enforcement program<\/a> to two more bus routes in Queens and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>The Automated Camera Enforcement, or ACE, program targets drivers who block bus stops or illegally drive, park or double-park in bus lanes. It already monitors 60 bus routes across the five boroughs and will now also cover the Q60 and B12 routes, the transit agency said.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>The MTA expanded its bus lane camera enforcement program to two more bus routes in Queens and Brooklyn<br \/>\n<br \/>Each ACE-equipped route has signage indicating it is camera-enforced, the MTA said<br \/>\n<br \/>Drivers caught violating bus lane rules will get summonses, with fines starting at $50 and increasing to $250 for repeat offenders<\/p>\n<p>Drivers caught violating bus lane rules will get summonses, with fines starting at $50 and increasing to $250 for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The MTA said it has equipped more than 1,900 buses with ACE technology so far. Some swaths of ACE-equipped routes have seen speed gains of nearly 30%, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince its launch in June 2024, ACE has rapidly expanded from a few select routes to a citywide initiative covering all five boroughs,\u201d the MTA said in a release. \u201cThe program has shown measurable success in improving bus speeds, reducing traffic accidents, and keeping bus stops clear \u2014 ensuring New Yorkers can get to where they need to go safely and on time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each ACE-equipped route has signage indicating it is camera-enforced, the MTA said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MTA on Friday expanded its bus lane camera enforcement program to two more bus routes in Queens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[25,1084,297,98,100,99,576,9,24,12,63,27,296,142,200],"class_list":["post-232724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-app-top-stories","tag-app-traffic-transit","tag-app-traffic-and-transit","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-erica-brosnan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-top-stories","tag-traffic-and-transit","tag-transit","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}