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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jul 14 01:33:13 2011 Video: NY1 NewsMetropolitan Transportation Authority bus drivers say that given the latest assault on one of their own just three weeks ago, they're breathing a little easier knowing that the MTA is installing surveillance cameras on hundreds more buses. “The program will keep us safe,” said Willie Rivera, Brooklyn’s union bus chair. MTA officials say cameras are already in operation on 85 buses, mostly on routes through high crime neighborhoods. Now it's putting them on 341 more. “It will give drivers a sense of security, knowing that the entire time they're on the bus, there is a witness to all activity,” said Ed Kenny of NYCT Bus Operations. In fact, six cameras will be mounted on each bus. Five cover the interior and one points straight ahead. None of the cameras are focused on the driver. The recording device is triggered by movement. It starts the moment someone walks on the bus and stops five minutes after the last person gets off. MTA officials say the cameras will not feed images back to its command center in real time. Instead, they'll be stored on each camera's hard drive for about a month. The video will be looked at only if there's an incident aboard a bus. The 341 buses will have their cameras installed by the end of April at a cost of $10 million. Agency officials say the MTA will decide within a month whether to outfit about 1,100 more buses at a cost of $18,000 each. “Unfortunately, our streets can be kind of rough, but we’ve been testing this system for over a year now, and so far it's stood up to the rigors of bus service,” said Kenny. Some drivers and riders were concerned about their privacy, but Kenny said that won't be a problem. “The footage is not going to be appear on YouTube,” said Kenny. “It's only used internally, used by the police department if there is an incident.” Representatives of the drivers union say they’re behind the program “They need to advance it, but it's a good first step,” said Rivera. The MTA agrees that it's a priority, and one well worth focusing on. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Jul 14 04:48:36 2011, in response to MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jul 14 01:33:13 2011. Still need driver partitions. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 14 05:35:49 2011, in response to MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jul 14 01:33:13 2011. >>>>The video will be looked at only if there's an incident aboard a bus.<<<Translation=They will be absolutely useless. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Jul 14 09:31:13 2011, in response to MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jul 14 01:33:13 2011. The 85 buses are the NGs assigned to Flatbush. But IMO, the MTA should spend the $1K per bus to equip every bus with a full driver's shield. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Thu Jul 14 14:09:59 2011, in response to Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 14 05:35:49 2011. Not quite, they can help with litigation and claims. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Thu Jul 14 14:15:25 2011, in response to Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Jul 14 09:31:13 2011. These cameras likely would not be used to just to "protect the driver" but also to reduce claims against the agency (which, an agency the size of the MTA, really needs). In fact, I'm surprised that cameras aren't already commonplace throughout the system.I do agree that driver shields are needed, although I really do hate them. Weird thing is that they already have "driver doors", don't they? How much extra would a full sized partition be? |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by ORIONVIIDIESELBUS on Thu Jul 14 16:07:05 2011, in response to MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jul 14 01:33:13 2011. All the buses should get security cameras installed in the future and even the bus driver shields. I guess MTA wants to do this in small numbers of buses. |
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Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation) |
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Posted by ORIONVIIDIESELBUS on Thu Jul 14 16:08:18 2011, in response to Re: MTA To Install Surveillance Cameras On 341 City Buses (85 buses already in operation), posted by ORIONVIIDIESELBUS on Thu Jul 14 16:07:05 2011. Well I mean by where I say MTA wants to do in small numbers of buses is to try them out before spending the money on installing on all or most of the buses. |
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