Mayor Tim Keller on Oct. 15 approved automated speed enforcement technology to monitor reckless driving behavior.
The mobile speed enforcement is one of the key recommendations that developed out of the Vision Zero and Keller’s Metro Crime Initiative to help public safety and free up some of the police officers' time so that they can focus more on violent crime, according to a press release from the City of Albuquerque.
"Too many Albuquerque families have been the victims of senseless tragedies due to reckless speeding on our streets," Keller said in the release. "We’re serious about addressing this problem, and the use of speed enforcement technologies is an important step toward making our streets safer, in an equitable way. Today, we’re putting speeders on notice that they can’t continue to endanger others without consequences. Our community came together to craft a solution as we crack down on one of our biggest public safety concerns, and we look forward to putting it to use to keep our streets safe.”
Another component to helping meet the Vision Zero Action Plan, which is a framework for the road to zero traffic fatalities by the year 2040, is reducing speed zone limits throughout the city.
Councilor Brook Bassan, Councilor Isaac Benton, Councilor Klarissa Peña and Councilor Lan Sena sponsored the ordinance when it passed City Council in an 8-1 vote earlier this month.