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Comment on Chicago Red Light Camera Locations by rshah

rshah — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:54:19 +0000

I fixed it, the Google geocoding put it in the wrong place

Comment on Daily Herald | Red-light camera shocker! Village finds devices aren’t wonder cure by AM

AM — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:58:07 +0000

Great job, Lombard! I wish more communities would remove their red-light cameras, since they’re installed only to make money for the communities that installed them, and are NOT truly ever installed for safety reasons. (but are just marketed under the banner of ‘safety’)

Comment on Chicago Red Light Camera Locations by AM

AM — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:36:14 +0000

Great map. However, you forgot 1 intersection that should’ve been noted as having a camera: Lincoln Ave./Kimball Ave./McCormick Blvd., inbetween Peterson and Devon, and just west of the North Shore Channel.

Comment on Police, prosecutors fight over cameras – Baltimore, Maryland by Ksenia Coffman

Ksenia Coffman — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:55:04 +0000

I’d venture to say that public surveillance cameras are not designed to combat / prevent violent crime. They are most effective for property crime, public disorder issues, vandalism, narcotic, etc.

Comment on Surveillance Cameras and 911 by Smart Cameras Blog » Cameras make Chicago most closely watched US city

Smart Cameras Blog » Cameras make Chicago most closely watched US city — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:19:25 +0000

[...] themes that I have discussed on this blog including the scope of the camera network, integration of private cameras, concerns about the effectiveness of cameras, and worry about the potential abuse of the camera [...]

Comment on $2,000,000 in Revenue by Robert Eisenbraun

Robert Eisenbraun — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:34:03 +0000

Ouch! My understanding is that cameras are more likely to cause accidents and make money than to stop people running lights.

Comment on $2,000,000 in Revenue by rshah

rshah — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0000

Here is the link to the google table with all the numbers: http://tables.googlelabs.com/DataSource?snapid=35908
The table is wide, it has locations of the cameras, and to the far right, the revenue, let me know if you need more help

Comment on $2,000,000 in Revenue by Tim

Tim — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:50:12 +0000

Yeah it does. Is there a way I can take a look at the rest of it?

Comment on $2,000,000 in Revenue by rshah

rshah — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:43:26 +0000

Through Barnet Fagel, I received a list of intersections with the revenue they have generated the last three years. I then just took the top couple for this map. I can point you towards this data if you would like. Does this make sense?

Comment on $2,000,000 in Revenue by Tim

Tim — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:38:32 +0000

Did they just name the intersections or is there a larger set of data for revenue that red light cameras have been generating?