The Bigger Picture: In the US, The Use of Automated Enforcement Is In Its Infancy

In this article, the author relates that automated enforcement has not been successfully deployed in the U.S., with only Arizona and Washington, D.C., having operational automated enforcement on their mainline roads. Administrators believe that there is a need for more in-depth analysis of red light running programs and speed enforcement zones on freeways, work zones, residential, and school zones in order to convince vested political interests of the merits of enforcement. The article notes that in order to achieve wider deployment of automated enforcement, a data warehouse on automated enforcement is needed for conducting cost benefit analyses. A resolution endorsed by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is expected to promote the standardization, gathering, management, and analyzing of before-and-after performance data relating to safety applications of automated enforcement.

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• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 41-42
• Serial:
  • ITS International
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1463-6344
  • Serial URL: http://www.itsinternational.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Politics; Red light running; State laws; Traffic law enforcement
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01047230
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 2007 8:07AM