NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Drivers on Staten Island need to be aware of a new crackdown strategy for bus lanes.
Starting Friday, tickets will be issued by the new automated enforcement cameras mounted on Staten Island's S79 SBS buses to drivers who obstruct bus stops or use city bus lanes improperly, SiLive.com reported.
The majority of the S79 SBS route, a select bus service, operates along Hylan Boulevard from the Staten Island Mall in New Springville to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
The cameras capture license plate information, photos and videos, along with location and timestamp information, which are then sent to the Department of Transportation for review and processing, with fines being issued by the Department of Finance.
The Automated Bus Lane Enforcement cameras were first installed on 123 buses across seven routes in Manhattan and Brooklyn as part of a pilot program.
According to the report, the MTA announced in October that it would expand the use of high-tech automated mobile cameras installed on buses to capture real-time bus lane violations along its routes in an effort to speed up service.
Fines will begin at $50 and increase by $50 for each subsequent violation, up to a maximum of $250 per violation.
Violations are only given during bus lane operation hours, which on Hylan Boulevard are from 6 to 9 a.m. in the east and from 3 to 7 p.m. in the west.
The agency then allegedly intends to expand the camera program over the course of the next year, installing cameras on 600 more buses by the end of 2023. At that point, the ABLE cameras will cover roughly 85% of all city bus lanes.
It wasn't immediately clear which routes would receive the cameras next year.
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