These Ohio towns still use traffic cameras: Here’s how much they made in a year

Traffic cameras have earned a bad reputation, at least among the drivers who are caught by them. But communities across Ohio are still using them and raking in fines. Even under statewide laws meant ...
Governing

It’s Easy to Hate Traffic Cameras. But They Do Save Lives.

A traffic camera warning in New Richmond, Ohio. The state has enacted legislation banning counties and townships from operating traffic camera programs. (Tony Dejak/The Plain Dealer/TNS) We don’t know ...
Government Technology

$4.3M for This Ohio Village From Traffic Camera Fines

(TNS) — Newburgh Heights — not Linndale — takes the crown for Cuyahoga County’s most lucrative traffic cameras — pulling in a staggering $4.3 million in fines within a single year, according to state ...
Government Technology

Banned in Cleveland, Could Traffic Cameras Make a Comeback?

(TNS) — A decade after voters banned traffic cameras in Cleveland, calling them a cash grab, members of City Council are now considering whether they should return as a tool to combat reckless driving ...
Cleveland.com

Could Cleveland’s controversial traffic cameras make a surprising comeback?

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A decade after voters banned traffic cameras in Cleveland, calling them a cash grab, members of City Council are now considering whether they should return as a tool to combat ...
Cleveland.com

Could Cleveland bring back traffic cameras? City council is ‘carefully’ looking at the idea

Members of council aren’t alone. Advocates who want safer streets for pedestrians and bicyclists agree and want cameras too. Jacob VanSickle, executive director of Bike Cleveland, said he’d support ...