20 New Bus Routes in All Five Boroughs
1,000 Buses Will Be Equipped with ACE By End of Month
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced the warning period activation of Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) on 10 new bus routes across all five boroughs on Monday, Sept. 16. Vehicles blocking bus stops or illegally double parked will receive warning notices in in the mail for an initial period of 60 days followed by summonses thereafter.
Summonses start at $50 and escalate to $250 for repeat violators. On Monday, Sept. 30, warning notice activation will begin on an additional 10 bus routes, which will have ACE technology onboard buses. By the end of September, 1,000 buses will be ACE equipped.
This is in addition to existing enforcement of 14 bus routes equipped with ACE technology. Buses on these 14 routes have started to generate summonses to vehicles violating bus lanes, bus stop rules and double parking and bus stop rules.
60-Day warning period begins Sept. 16 on the following routes:
• Bx35
• M101
• Q43
• B35
• S46
• B41
• B42
• S79-SBS
• Bx28
• Bx38
60-Day warning period begins Sept. 30 on the following routes:
• B82 SBS
• Q53 SBS
• M86 SBS
• M79 SBS
• M60 SBS
• B25
• Q5
• Q69
• Bx6 SBS
• B26
When enforcement cameras are activated, on average, routes see bus lane speeds increased by 5%; a 20% reduction in collisions; and 5% to 10% estimated reduction in emissions. Only 9% of drivers commit a second bus lane violation after being fined.
The ACE program is administered in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the New York City Department of Finance (NYCDOF). Once captured by the cameras, video, images, license plate, location and time stamp information are then securely transmitted to NYCDOT for review and processing.
Each corridor with active ACE camera enforcement has signage indicating that those routes are camera-enforced.