RESULTS

• New York City, NY: A number of robotic cameras were installed at 18 intersections equipped with pavement loop detectors. The total cost was 15.5 million dollars over a three year period. During that period red light violations decreased by 20 percent and 18.8 million dollars in revenue were collected.
• Howard County, Maryland: Automated enforcement was evaluated from March 1996 to March 1997. Two cameras were installed at intersections with loop detectors. Only warning notices were issued for red light violations. Overall, red light violations decreased by 23 percent.
• San Francisco, California: Red light violations decreased by 40 percent at six intersections equipped with robotic cameras, loop detectors, and warning street signs.
• Melbourne, Australia: 35 cameras were rotated between 132 different sites equipped with loop detectors. In 1988 an independent evaluation of the program indicated a 30 percent reduction in right-angle accidents, and a 10.4 percent reduction in casualties. A different evaluation reported a 35 to 60 percent reduction in red light violations. The same report indicated a 32 percent decrease in right-angle accidents, a 25 percent decrease in right-angle turning accidents, a 30.8 percent decrease in rear-end accidents, and a 28.2 percent increase in rear-end turning accidents.
• Lincoln, Nebraska: No significant reductions in red light violations were reported during automated enforcement programs conducted at three sites in 1997.
• Polk County, Florida: Statistical data was not available concerning red light violations at four sites in 1994.