This is freaking great. I cannot even tell you how often I've watched cars violate bus zones and thought to myself "why can't we just slap a camera on the bus and ticket those a-holes".
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Originally Posted by Streetsblog SF
All Muni Buses to Get Cameras for Transit Lane Enforcement by Spring 2014
Every Muni bus will be fitted with a front-facing camera to enforce transit-only lanes by spring of next year, according to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency [PDF]. Three hundred of the 800 buses in the system will receive them by this fall, and all of the new buses being purchased by the SFMTA will get them as well, the agency says.
Currently, only 4 percent of Muni’s bus fleet has cameras, which give enforcement officers the ability to ticket scofflaw drivers parked in transit lanes by mailing them a ticket. Current law prohibits the cameras from being used to cite moving violations in a transit lane (only police can do that) or drivers parked in bus stop zones.
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