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Automated Red Light Enforcement Commission

Towfiq Khan, Executive Manager Department of Transportation

Performance & Program Update

April 30, 2019

Program History

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• City of Dallas started the program in 2006 with a 10 year contract.
• In 2017, the City of Dallas went into a new contract with a new

vendor for 8 years.

• Our current program has 29 intersections with active 51 Red Light

camera.

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The City of Dallas implemented Safelight program to reduce high number

• f right angle collisions and related injuries/fatalities due to red light

running.

Citations Issued by Fiscal Year

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5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 October November December January February March April May June July August September Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Fiscal Year 2018/2019

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Citation Trend per 10,000 Vehicles

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2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2017 2018 2019

Dallas, TX

Issued Citations Citations per 10,000 Vehicles Citation issued

Public Awareness Events

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The City of Dallas, Department of Transportation participates in many community events to increase Traffic safety and Red light safety awareness.

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• February 19, 2019, Senior Listening

Session, District 8.

• DFW Auto Show, District 2, March

27-29, 2019

Upcoming Public Awareness Events

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• Earth X 2019 at Fair Park- Friday,

April 26-28, 2019

• Mayor’s Back to School, at Fair

Park-August 2, 2019 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Community Engagement and Education

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• Pamphlets and Educational materials of the SafeLight program gets

distributed.

• Our team engages the attendees through fun events and games, then

hand out complementary gifts with SafeLight logo.

• Our team answers questions regarding the Adjudication, and other

process of the program.

Legislative Action

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On March 20th, 2019, Department

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Transportation attended the Senate hearing on behalf of the City of Dallas to

• ppose the SB 653. We testified

against the bill and presented the programs benefits. No votes were taken that day. An action from the committee is pending.

Current Legislation Bills

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Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability HB 901/HB 2323/SB 413 Hefner, Cole (R)/ Toth, Steve (R)/ Hall, Bob (R) Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. HB 901: Voted favorably from committee 4/16 HB 2323: Introduced and referred 3/6 SB 413: Introduced and referred 2/14 HB 1631/SB 653 Hall, Bob(R)/Stickland, Jonathan(R) Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. HB 1631: Voted favorably from committee 4/17 SB 653: Committee action pending 3/20 (had a hearing, no vote taken) HB 2262 Thompson, Ed (R) Relating to the use of traffic surveillance systems. Committee action pending 3/26 (had a hearing, no vote taken) HB 262 Thompson, Ed(R) Relating to the authority of the governing body of a local authority to operate an automated traffic control system. Introduced and referred House transportation 2/19

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Our goal is to reduce 100% of the right angle crashes throughout Dallas. We are including SafeLight intersections with in our Safe Route to School and Vision Zero program.

Program Goal

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Questions?

Automated Red Light Enforcement Commission

Towfiq Khan, Executive Manager Department of Transportation

Performance & Program Update

April 30, 2019