MTA Adds Automated Cameras to B60 Bus Route

By Y.M. Lowy

The MTA is adding automated cameras to three more bus lines. The B68 and B60 in Brooklyn and the M57 in Manhattan will start a 60 day warning period on December 8. 

During this time, drivers who block bus lanes, bus stops, or double park where they shouldn’t will get warning letters in the mail. After the warning period, the tickets begin at fifty dollars and can go up to two hundred fifty for repeat offenders.

More than fourteen hundred buses across the city now have cameras watching the bus lanes. The MTA says bus speeds on these routes have gone up by about five percent on average, and in some places much more. Collisions are down, emissions are lower, and fewer cars are blocking bus stops.

The B60 runs through Williamsburg, so drivers in that area will start seeing the new enforcement soon. Signs along each route let people know when cameras are active. The city’s transportation and finance departments review the footage and handle the tickets.

The ACE program began in June 2024 and is now used in all five boroughs.