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‘A clear setback’: More drivers speeding in Ottawa with photo radar gone, city says
The City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding in school zones five months after the Ontario government shut off automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras.
#Canada #Ontariopolitics #Ottawapolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11802290/ottawa-automated-speed-enforcement/

Global News Apr 15

Global News Apr 2

Calgary Police Service prepares for ‘significant’ 4-year budget request
Calgary mayor Jeromy Farkas placed blame on the provincial government, after a significant clawback on photo radar enforcement last year.
#Canada #Politics #CalgaryBudget #cityofcalgary
https://globalnews.ca/news/11755187/calgary-police-service-prepares-for-significant-4-year-budget-request/

CBC Edmonton Mar 24

Lost photo radar revenue still impacting how Edmonton can fund traffic safety initiatives: city official
Funding Edmonton's traffic safety services has become more of a challenge ever since the Alberta government required municipalities to pull a number of photo radar sites, according to a city official.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-traffic-safety-services-photo-radar-revenue-9.7139625?cmp=rss

Go Weapons Hot Dec 1, 2025

"#Photoradar will be set up in the following areas:
Beddington Heights
Citadel
Copperfield
Cranston
Huntington Hills
MacEwan
McKenzie Lake
Mount Pleasant
Sandstone Valley
Vista Heights
Wildwood
In addition to photo radar, there will be 57 Intersection Safety Camera (ISC) locations throughout #Calgary in December. These cameras can photograph vehicles that run through red lights. Five of these locations will also capture speed-on-green infractions."
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/calgary-photo-radar-december-2

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#traffic

11 Calgary communities that will have photo radar this December

Watch your speed!

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David Mitchell

Nov 27, 2025

Shocking news today… speeding and collisions are up in Edmonton since the #UCP banned the use of camera enforcement… truly shocking, who could have predicted this? 🙄

#yeg #PhotoRadar #SafeStreets

Tyler Smith Sep 28, 2025

#PhotoRadar is a quick and effective short term. #TrafficCalming and #RoadDiet is a more durable solution to excess speed:

https://youtu.be/M5J5xZQ6sgE

Do We Really Need Speed Cameras?

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Tyler Smith Sep 18, 2025

I received my first #PhotoRadar ticket. $108 for going 46km in a 30km zone. Whoops.

I still think it's absurd that #DougFord is trying to remove them. The only argument against them I can think of is that there needs to be enough of them to make it worthwhile.

If you only get a ticket on rare occasions the value as a behaviour modifier is limited. Put them everywhere, eventually we'll learn!

The other thing I'd like is for more effort to go into road design. 46 km (~30 mph) feels very slow on a typical wide straight residential street. A bit of visual traffic calming would make it easier for me to unlearn my bad habits.