RadioOnFire.com - In Baltimore City, motorists can expect red light cameras to go online on today.
Also today, the city’s speed cameras which have been issuing warnings for the last month, will begin snapping pictures and issuing $40 tickets for violators.
At a news conference last week, City Transportation Director Michelle Porciau told reporters today at City Hall that these cameras are not about making money for the city, but about safety.
“We want this to be a safe place. We want complete streets for everyone, pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, and so here’s another part of the program,” Porciau said at the news conference with Mayor Catherine Pugh.
“We are experiencing over 20,000 crashes per year in Baltimore, so this is no joke.”
There are eight red light cameras around the city that will begin issuing warnings for violators for 30 days, before beginning to issue tickets.
The cameras will operate 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Violators caught driving through red lights will be fined $75.
Speed cameras have been in place at seven different locations since June 26th.
Porciau says cameras issued 1,000 warnings per day over the last month.
Starting today, violators caught on camera going 12 mph or more above the speed limit between 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, will get a fine of $40.
This is the city’s third attempt at speed cameras. In 2013, the city abandoned its program after cameras were found to be issuing tickets to drivers whose vehicles were not moving.
Officials say radar and laser technology will be used to insure accuracy of the cameras and the camera operator will not receive a portion of the fine from every ticket issued.
Speed Camera Locations
Frederick Douglass High School: 1800-2400 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway
Vanguard Collegiate Middle School: 5400-5700 block Moravia Road
Holy Angels Catholic School: 900-1200 block of South Caton Avenue
Edmondson Westside High School: 4200-4500 block of Edmondson Avenue
Glenmount Elementary/Middle School: 5900-6400 Walther Avenue
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute/Western High School: 1200-1600 West Cold Spring Lane
Gwynns Falls Elemantary School: 2600-2800 Gwynns Falls Parkway
Gilmor School: 100-800 W. Northern Pkwy
Hamilton Elementary/Middle School: 6000-6200 Harford Rd
St. Elizabeth School: 3800-3900 blk The Alameda
Baltimore City College High School: 1000-1300 33rd St
Calvin Rodwell Elementary: 4200-4600 Liberty Heights Ave
Frederick Elementary School: 2500-2900 Frederick Ave
Baltimore IT Academy: 1200-1400 Woodbourne Ave
Red Light Camera Locations
Reisterstown Road (Southbound) at Patterson Avenue
East North Avenue (Westbound) at North Howard Street
South Monroe Street (Northbound) at Washington Boulevard
South Monroe Street (Southbound) at Washington Boulevard
Belair Road (Southbound) at Erdman Avenue
Erdman Avenue (Eastbound) at Belair Road
Pulaski Highway (Eastbound) at North Point Road
North Calvert Street (Northbound) at East Baltimore Street
Source WBAL
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