The flashing lights in the North Albany Road school zone worked. That is, they worked as intended. The number of speeding tickets is down, way down.
Speed cameras produce at a steady pace
Written January 20th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s traffic cameras at four intersections are no longer new. You’d think drivers would have learned by now. But apparently not.
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Tags: Albany police, red light cameras, school zone, speeding tickets, traffic cameras
Tags: Albany police, red light cameras, school zone, speeding tickets, traffic cameras
Where speeding pays, but not for drivers
Written November 24th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
In case you’re keeping track, here’s an update on the money angle of Albany’s expanded use of traffic cameras that watch for speed violations and drivers running red lights.
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Tags: Albany traffic enforcement, city revenue, speed cameras, speeding tickets, ticket revenue, traffic cameras
Tags: Albany traffic enforcement, city revenue, speed cameras, speeding tickets, ticket revenue, traffic cameras
School speed zone will get flashing lights
Written September 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The city of Albany’s new speed cameras on North Albany Road will come with warnings that indicate when the school zone speed limit of 20 mph is in effect.
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Tags: flashing lights, North Albany Road, school zone, speed cameras, speeding tickets
Tags: flashing lights, North Albany Road, school zone, speed cameras, speeding tickets
On photo radar: signs and different laws
Written August 23rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
A few days ago a reader said in the comments on a traffic-camera story that he was mailed a warning ticket for speeding on Santiam Road near Geary Street. He hadn’t seen any signs about cameras, and what, anyway, is the posted speed?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: North Albany Road, photo enforcement, photo radar, red-light photo radar, Santiam Road, speeding tickets
Tags: North Albany Road, photo enforcement, photo radar, red-light photo radar, Santiam Road, speeding tickets
Question raised about speed camera signage
Written August 14th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
A new question has come up about the traffic cameras in the school zone on North Albany Road, which generated hundreds of speeding tickets in the last few weeks of the school year that ended on June 13.
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Speeding tickets: The totals from July
Once again, the speed cameras on Santiam Road in Albany have produced hundreds of tickets. The total for July was 336.
Tags: speeding tickets, traffic camras