UPDATED: City of Dallas making nice money off 17 red light cameras

by Blair Lovern

NBC5 reports the city of Dallas is making some nice money so far on the cameras it has installed already: $131,000 in two weeks with 12 cameras. At that rate, reports NBC5, the city can make $3.5 million in a year. Using my calculator, I figured it to be 3,406,000. I won't quibble, just pointing out the difference. Ah hell, I'm quibbling.

Don't like red light cameras? Check out the National Motorists Association, which has a lot of information to make your day.

Do like red light cameras? Check out the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which has a lot of information to make your day.

On our neighborhood pages, we've got the red light intersections mapped out in each hood. They're plotted on the maps, but we suppressed them from the story lists so they wouldn't overrun the city -- like the red light cameras have.

UPDATE: Frank J. Librio, spokesman for the city of Dallas, just passed along camera sites now up and running to date. There are 17, not 12. I've left them bunched together in the three groups, which is how they were sent to us:

BLOCK I

Abrams Rd SB @ Forest Lane

Forest Lane EB @ Abrams Rd

Commerce St. EB @ S. Central Expressway

Fitzhugh Ave SB (EB) @ Gaston Ave

BLOCK II

W. Camp Wisdom Rd WB @ S. Westmoreland Ave

Lemmon Ave SB @ W Mockingbird Ln

S Tyler St. NB @ W. Jefferson Blvd

W. Jefferson Blvd EB @ S Tyler St.

Miller Rd WB @ Plano Rd

Marsh Ln SB @ Frankford Rd

N.Beckley Ave SB @ W. Colorado Blvd

Ferguson Rd SB @ Gus Thomasson

BLOCK III

Abrams Rd NB @ E. Mockingbird Ln

E Mockingbird Ln WB @ Greenville Ave

Greenville Ave NB @ Royal Rd

Gaston Ave EB @ Peak Rd

Coit Rd NB @ Banner Dr

We also got a list of potential sites that the city is considering installing cameras, which are listed below. By April 27, Dallas intends to have 60 camera sites operational.

Writes Librio in an email: "Some intersections on the list may be disqualified because there could be potential problems installing the equipment once they get out there – If that is the case, PWT (Public Works and Transportation) will find another intersection to install that particular camera. It is safe to say that the list does represent intersections that according to crash data have the highest number of red light accidents in the city."

ABRAMS @ NORTHWEST

ABRAMS @ FOREST

BELT LINE @ PRESTON

ABRAMS @ MOCKINGBIRD

BRUTON @ BUCKNER

ALPHA @ DALLAS

BRUTON @ SECOND

BANNER @ COIT

BUCKNER @ JOHN WEST

BECKLEY @ COLORADO

BUCKNER @ LAKE JUNE

CAMP WISDOM @ WESTMORELAND

CENTRAL @ COMMERCE

CEDAR CREST @ KIEST

CENTRAL @ LEMMON

COIT @ FRANKFORD

CENTRAL @ LOVERS

FERGUSON @ GUS THOMASSON

COCKRELL HILL @ DAVIS

FERGUSON @ PEAVY

COIT @ L B J

FITZHUGH @ GASTON

DALLAS N TOLLWAY @ NORTHWEST

FOREST @ MARSH

GARLAND @ NORTHWEST

FORT WORTH @ HAMPTON

HAMPTON @ LEDBETTER

FRANKFORD @ MARSH

HARRY HINES @ NORTHWEST

GASTON @ PEAK

HARRY HINES @ WALNUT HILL

GRAHAM @ LINDSLEY

HARWOOD @ R L THORNTON

GREENVILLE @ MOCKINGBIRD

ILLINOIS @ R L THORNTON

GREENVILLE @ ROYAL

INWOOD @ L B J

GRIFFIN @ ST PAUL

INWOOD @ STEMMONS

ILLINOIS @ WESTMORELAND

IRVING @ MOCKINGBIRD

IRVING @ INWOOD

L B J @ MONTFORT

JEFFERSON @ TYLER

L B J @ PRESTON

LEMMON @ MOCKINGBIRD

LANCASTER @ LEDBETTER

MARSH @ WALNUT HILL

LEMMON @ NORTHWEST

MILLER @ PLANO

MARSALIS @ R L THORNTON

NOEL @ SPRING VALLEY

MUNGER @ R L THORNTON

OLD HICKORY @ WHEATLAND

NORTHWEST @ WALTON WALKER

OLIVE @ WOODALL RODGERS

PRESTON @ ROYAL

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