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Red-light cameras will not be coming to Huntsville, after all but one council member voted against sending the proposed resolution to state lawmakers.

Arlington is planning on expanding its PhotoRED red light camera program during Fiscal Year 2013. The proposed FY 2013 Arlington County Police Department budget includes funding for eight red light cameras at six intersections. An ACPD official tells ARLnow.com that the “dangerous” intersections (below) were each identified as safety concerns. The additional cameras will cost the police department $438,102 during FY 2013, including $66,794 to hire a full-time employee to review each image captured by the camera to confirm that a violation took place. The remaining $371,308 will go to the...

Across the country, vehicular fatalities are on the rise. According to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2020 had the highest number of crash fatalities in more than a decade, despite a 13% drop in overall miles driven. “While Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, NHTSA’s early estimates show that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes — the largest projected number of fatalities since 2007,” the agency revealed last week. “This represents an increase of about 7.2 percent as compared to the 36,096 fatalities repor...

A task force to reimagine police has come up with 112 recommendations for ways Denver can improve its public safety. Five of the recommendations put forward by the task force call for a fundamental shift in the way traffic stops are handled.

Construction on Bastrop's $395,000 planned skate park in Fisherman's Park is about 30% complete, Assistant City Manager Rebecca Gleason told the council at its May 11 meeting as part of an update on public infrastructure projects.  The first phase of the skate park's construction process features about 5,000 square feet of poured concrete in Fisherman’s Park. The city awarded the skate park's construction project to Artisan Concrete Services last year. Construction began in March and is scheduled to be finished this summer, according to city documents. The City Council opted in October...