What is their incentive to fix it?
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>It's one thing to get a single parking violation. It is quite another to get three in the same day. So when George Han received a trio of violations in the mail for blocking the bus lane on East 79th Street, he scratched his head. He was certain he didn’t break New York City’s parking rules. “At first I wasn’t worried, because I know the parking rules and these are legal spots,” he said. “It turns out that the tickets kept coming though. We are up to about ten now.” It was not a human to issue the tickets for Han’s alleged infractions. It was a network of cameras powered by artificial intelligence, mounted on the windshields of MTA public buses.
The defense calls a 2016 Motor Coach Industries bus.
Objection, your honor! A bus can't testify!
So who is your accuser here?
Since the mobile bus camera program launched, the MTA says public bus riders have enjoyed commute speeds about 5% faster with only a small minority of violators receiving a second citation. Meanwhile, the total number of violations has risen dramatically. According to data shared by the NYC Department of Finance, so far in 2024, onboard bus cameras have caught more than 293,000 vehicles illegally occupying bus lanes. That’s a 570% increase over all the mobile bus lane violations issued in 2021. In the same time period, bus lane fines have increased from $4.3 million to $20.9 million.
CHA-CHING! More safer and revenue for the city.
