{"id":96208,"date":"2026-01-11T03:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96208\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:31:23","slug":"nyc-to-put-red-light-cameras-at-250-more-intersections-by-mid-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96208\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC to put red-light cameras at 250 more intersections by mid-February"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city will more than double the number of red-light cameras<\/a> in the five boroughs in the next five weeks, newly minted Transportation commissioner Mike Flynn announced Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRed light running is one of the most dangerous behaviors on our city\u2019s streets and puts all New Yorkers at risk,\u201d Flynn said in a statement. \u201cThat is why we are taking immediate action to ramp up the city\u2019s red light camera program.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the next five weeks, the Department of Transportation aims to add cameras to 50 intersections a week, so that 250 additional cameras will be in service by Friday, Feb. 13.<\/p>\n

There are currently cameras at 150 of the roughly 13,700 intersections with traffic signals citywide, automatically issuing tickets to the registered owner of any vehicle that runs a red.<\/p>\n

Up until 2024, that was the maximum number of intersections<\/a> allowed by state law. That number was increased to 600 in October 2024.<\/p>\n

A DOT spokesperson said in a statement Friday that the city is aiming to have the 600 intersections monitored by red-light cameras by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear Friday where the new cameras would be added. A DOT spokesperson said locations with a history of collisions would be prioritized.<\/p>\n

DOT data show an average drop in red-light running by 73% at intersections monitored by cameras. In a 2023 study, the city found that 94 percent of vehicles caught running a red light by an automated camera received no more than one or two violations \u2014 indicating that drivers learned to modify their behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city will more than double the number of red-light cameras in the five boroughs in the next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,85,267,9,24,264,10,12,63,129,131,130,608],"class_list":["post-96208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96208","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=96208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}