Tag: traffic enforcement

Only about 1% of NYC’s intersections with traffic signals have active red-light cameras.

These reports document traffic tickets issued for offenses like speeding, running red lights and failing to yield to pedestrians.

Incidents of the most serious crimes are up 42%

Traffic scofflaws on the Upper West Side are receiving far fewer tickets

During its November meeting, Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee noted a “significant spike” in traffic fatalities in CB7 with nine so far this year compared to two in 2020 and four in 2019. 

The number of crashes with injuries is rising on the Upper West Side this year, and block associations are hoping to get police and community organizations to focus more on the issue.

The NYPD’s 20th and 24th Precincts on the Upper West Side have been issuing fewer moving violation summonses to drivers even as traffic increases during the city’s post-Covid-19 comeback. 

Captain Marlon Larin, commander of the NYPD’s 24th Precinct, provided a mixed progress report on traffic safety for 2015 during a meeting Tuesday of Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee