Go ACE! Bus Stops Are Clearer Than Ever Thanks To MTA's Bus-Mounted Camera Enforcement - Streetsblog New York City

"Car and truck drivers are clearing out of bus stops across the city thanks to the MTA's bus-mounted automated enforcement cameras, new data shows. The number of drivers caught blocking bus stops along the 50 bus routes with Automated Camera Enforcement, which insiders call "ACE," has dropped 40 percent after the MTA turned on the cameras, with another four routes coming online last Friday."

"The overall 40 percent reduction in blocked bus stops reflects an aggregate number the MTA collected for all 50 routes that have used ACE since the program began in June 2024. Put together, they show massive changes in driver behavior between the number of tickets issued on a given route at the state of camera enforcement compared to the latest available data."

""New Yorkers need safe, reliable, and fast bus service and ACE continues to be a powerful tool to make that happen," MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement provided to Streetsblog. "By enforcing traffic rules like double parking, clearing bus stop and bus lanes, ACE is ensuring New Yorkers are getting where they need to go.""

The MTA deployed bus-mounted Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) across 50 bus routes, producing a 40 percent drop in drivers blocking bus stops. Specific routes saw larger declines, such as Bx36 where blocked-stop tickets fell from 4,905 in September to 754 by November (84.6% reduction), and M42 where tickets dropped from 999 to 349 within two months. ACE also improved bus speeds, increasing average systemwide speeds by 5 percent and up to 30 percent on some routes. ACE enforces double parking and clears bus stops and lanes to improve safety, reliability, and travel time for buses.

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