Minneapolis to launch a traffic camera trial program

The city of Minneapolis will soon install speed cameras in five intersections around the city.

City employees say the cameras will work by September. Cameras will feel more than ten miles per hour at the maximum speed and take a picture from the rear license plate. The organizational employees then review the photos and send the certificates to the vehicle owners.

It is part of the Vision Zero plan in the city, which aims to reduce traffic accidents. City employees say more than 40 people were killed in the city between 2022 and 2024 in accidents that involve a clear speed.

“All of these people should be alive,” said Vision Zero Ethan Foley. ))

Car owners will receive a warning from the first crime. After the warning, they will get a fine of $ 40 to go to ten miles per hour at a speed, or $ 80 to go to more than 20 at the maximum.

The owners can provide a specific statement if they do not drive the car at that time and they can compete for fines in court. They can also choose to take traffic safety without any cost instead of paying the fine for the first ticket. Certificates will not appear in driving records.

The fast camera project has become possible by changing the 2024 Law in the state legislature. The legislators have moved to allow the experimental traffic camera programs in Minneapolis and the Mindota highlands. The city council approved the project last week.

“One of the most common concerns that my voter office hears is reports on the leadership of the unsafe driving in the residential streets,” council member Katie Kashman said in a statement. “If we really want to achieve zero infantry deaths in Minneapolis, the traffic camera pilot is a step in the right direction.”

The project employees for the first time identified the thousands of intersections that were eligible to obtain cameras under the new state law – the sites must be on the city roads (not roads or government roads), 2000 feet from the school and the recent accident site.

From there, employees have chosen five sites throughout the city to start the experimental program. Cameras will be in 18th Avenue Northeast near Central Avenue Northeast; Frimont Avenue North, near West Broadway Street,; 3RD Street North Near 1st Avenue North; Chicago Street near Franklin Avenue East; And Nicolete Avenue South near 46 -west Street.

The employees said that 8-10 percent of drivers rushed through these intersections. The city will also install signs near the cameras to notify drivers.

The city has concluded a four -year contract worth 12 million dollars with Novoaglobal, which will provide and manage the camera system. The city expects the program to pay the price for itself, as the money starts from coming from the martyrs.

“Our goal is not to send categories or generate revenues,” said Folly. “The goal is to change this unsafe behavior.”

He said data from other promising cities; Fast accidents decreased by 65 and 97 percent in areas near the cameras, according to research by city employees.

The experimental project aims to add more speed cameras and the first red light cameras in the city, in 2026. The city can have the maximum of 42 sites for the camera operating during the experimental study.