File #: OR-2024-0014    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 3/11/2024 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action:
Title: ORDINANCE OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS ESTABLISHING THE USE OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SAFETY DEVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN PUBLIC ACT 23-116, AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VISION ZERO COUNCIL
Attachments: 1. 0 - CHECKLIST - ATESD March 8 2024 - Copy.pdf, 2. 1 - BOA COVER LTR - ATESD March 8 2024 (001) - Copy.pdf, 3. 2A - Ordinance ATESD March 8 2024 (001) - Copy.pdf, 4. 2B - Ordinance ATESD March 8 2024 (001) - Copy.pdf, 5. 3 - PRIOR NOTIF FORM - Plan ATESD March 8 2024 (001) - Copy.pdf, 6. 4 - FISCAL IMPACT STMT - ATESD March 8 2024 (001) - Copy.pdf, 7. 5 - SUPPORTING DOC - ATESD Program Draft Plan.pdf, 8. ATESD Consolidated BOA Communication March 8 2024.pdf, 9. signed checklist Or-2024-0014 Red Light Camera ordinance.pdf, 10. 240416 LEG PS Public Testimony, 11. signatures
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ORDINANCE OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS ESTABLISHING THE USE OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SAFETY DEVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN PUBLIC ACT 23-116, AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VISION ZERO COUNCIL
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WHEREAS, speeding and red-light running are significant problems in New Haven with respect to roadway safety and traffic violations;

WHEREAS, studies have shown that both speeding and collisions involving red light violations have a significantly large impact on fatal and serious injury motor vehicle accidents, with particularly destructive effects on economically and socially disadvantaged communities;

WHEREAS, both driving behaviors can be greatly mitigated by improved enforcement;

WHEREAS, automated traffic enforcement is one such enforcement tool that can be utilized by the City of New Haven (the "City") to reduce the prevalence of excessive speed and the running of red lights, thereby improving roadway safety for all users;

WHEREAS, the State of Connecticut on June 27, 2023, enacted Public Act No. 23-116, providing in section 11 thereof that "any municipality may authorize the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices ("ATESD") at locations within school zones, pedestrian safety zones and other places in such municipality, provided (1) the municipality adopts an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of this section, and (2) the locations of such devices are identified in a plan approved by the Department of Transportation pursuant to section 17 of this act;"

WHEREAS, the City's vision of significantly reducing and eventually eliminating serious roadway injuries and deaths, known as "Vision Zero" aligns with the City's long-term safety vision plan ("Safe Routes for All") and the United States Department of Transportation's National Roadway Safety Strategy; and

WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the City to create an ATESD program as a tool for more effectivel...

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