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Florida Appeals Court Upholds American Traffic Solutions Role in Red-Light Running Violation Process

West Palm Beach, FL – Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals upheld American Traffic Solutions (ATS) contractual role in processing red-light running violations for the City of Hollywood, reversing a lower court’s decision that held traffic enforcement officers, and not a third-party vendor, must supply the clerk of the court with violation information directly if the tickets are to be valid. Throughout Florida, cities with red-light safety camera programs rely on their vendors to handle the administrative task of sending notices of violation and uniform traffic citations to vehicle

American Traffic Solutions Sees Both Fleet Services and State and Local Government Solutions Growth in Q1 2014

TEMPE, AZ – More than 30 municipalities, counties and school districts selected or continued with American Traffic Solutions (ATS) as their partner to improve traffic safety at intersections, along speed corridors, bus lanes and around stopped school buses in the first three months of 2014. In all, ATS State and Local Government Solutions (SLGS) signed new contracts, and renewed, extended or enacted agreements, adding up to more than 700 red-light, speed, bus lane and school bus stop arm safety cameras in 12 states. Additionally, ATS Fleet Services’ Toll and Violation management solutions

Statement of American Traffic Solutions on OPPAGA Report Release

“American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is gratified that the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) report affirms that red-light safety cameras reduce fatalities and injuries at Florida intersections where they are deployed.  Furthermore, as the report straight-forwardly acknowledges, and we agree, improved data collection and analysis is needed to better understand the contradictory, inconsistent and incomplete information related to rear-end and side-angle crash data. In July 2013, Senator Jeff Brandes sponsored several updates to the Mark Wandall Traffic

Florida’s Highway Safety Report Finds Crashes Continue to Decrease at Red-Light Safety Camera Intersections

Only 5% of drivers receiving a red-light violation are issued a secondTallahassee, FL -- For the second consecutive year, red-light cameras are reducing dangerous intersection crashes in a majority of cities and towns in Florida using red-light safety cameras, according to a new study released by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Nearly 59% of the agencies responding to the agency’s survey reported a decrease in total crashes.  Similarly, 61% of the 44 agencies that track side-impact crashes reported a decrease in collisions while 43% reported a decrease in rear

Florida Red-Light Running Fatalities Decrease By 27%

American Traffic Solutions Video Highlights Worst Crashes of 2013 with Hope of Increasing Awareness of Red-Light Running DangersMiami, FL – Florida drivers are changing their behavior and the results are savings lives. According to crash statistics compiled by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), an office of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of fatalities from red-light running crashes decreased 27 percent from 2011 to 2012, 83-61 fatalities respectively. During the same time period Florida’s total traffic fatalities rose 1 percent to 2,430,

American Traffic Solutions Finds Driver Behavior Changing at St. Louis’ Red-Light Safety Camera Monitored Intersections

Violations Per Camera Per Month Drop By 60 percentSt. Louis, MO –Driver behavior at St. Louis red-light safety cameras monitored intersections continues to change according to a recent analysis by American Traffic Solutions (ATS).  ATS, Missouri’s and the nation’s leading red-light safety camera provider, found that the number of red-light running violations captured at ATS monitored intersections has fallen significantly as drivers have become more accustomed to increased red-light enforcement.  Most importantly, the analysis found that fewer and fewer vehicles are being issued multiple

American Traffic Solutions CEO Recognized for Entrepreneurship

TEMPE, AZ – James Tuton, American Traffic Solutions (ATS) Chief Executive Officer, was recently recognized as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2013 at the recent Builders + Innovators Summit.  ATS is the leading provider of traffic safety, mobility and compliance solutions for state & local governments, commercial fleets and rental car companies. Each year, the Builders + Innovators Summit brings together emerging and seasoned entrepreneurs from a diverse set of industries.  The focus is on building great and enduring companies that reshape their industries and make the

American Traffic Solutions Develops Safety Campaign for  National School Bus Safety Week

TEMPE, AZ – American Traffic Solutions (ATS) recognizes National School Bus Safety Week on Oct. 21-25, 2013, reminding motorists to exercise caution when school buses are stopped and boarding or disembarking children. ATS is supporting this year’s theme - Stand Back From the Yellow and Black - by partnering with schools and law enforcement nationwide on a safety campaign to remind motorists of the laws and safe practices to take when approaching a school bus. Earlier this year the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) 

Missouri Appeals Court Tosses Red-Light Safety Camera Opponents Strike Three

Creve Coeur, MO – In a ruling released this morning, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District once again found the use red-light safety cameras to be legally sound.  In a challenge to the Creve Coeur ordinance allowing for the use of red-light safety cameras the court stated, “As we noted in Smith v. City of St. Louis, a red light camera ordinance that reduces the dangerousness of intersections by targeting vehicles that violate traffic regulations is rationally and substantially related to the health, safety, peace, comfort, and general welfare of the public, and is a valid

Crashes and Violations Continue to Decrease at New Jersey Intersections with Red-Light Safety Cameras

Trenton, NJ –According to new data obtained from the Rutgers, Plan4Safety crash database, right-angle crashes continue to decline at intersections in New Jersey currently using American Traffic Solutions’ (ATS) red-light safety cameras. Additionally, nearly 9 out of 10 vehicles receiving a violation have not received a second. Crash data compiled from 26 intersections in 15 townships with ATS red-light cameras in operation for at least one year showed total right-angle crashes decreased an average of 11 percent. A look at the 12 intersections with cameras in place for two years indicates

AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS STRONG FIRST HALF OF 2013 DRIVEN BY CONTRACT AWARDS IN CHICAGO, ATLANTA, ORANGE COUNTY, FL, SASKATOON, SK AND MORE

TEMPE, AZ – American Traffic Solutions (ATS), North America’s leader in road safety camera programs, sprinted to the halfway mark of 2013 posting notable contract awards from Atlanta, Chicago, and Orange County, FL, among others, totaling more than 680 potential red-light, speed and school bus safety cameras. In Chicago, ATS was awarded the city’s Children’s Safety Zone Program after a lengthy procurement that included a head to head technology and service demonstration and evaluation process against Xerox where ATS was the “unanimous choice”. Speed Safety Cameras will soon be installed

New Video Highlights Pedestrian and Cyclist Dangers of Red Light Running and Right-Turns-on-Red

Temp, AZ – As National Stop on Red Week  approaches, American Traffic Solutions, the leading red-light safety camera provider in North America, would like to remind all drivers of the importance of stopping on red, and making right-turns-on-red in compliance with the traffic laws in their state, for the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists. This new video  highlights the dangers that bicyclists and pedestrians face every day.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uvDVNUA3dg Right-

Changes to Florida’s Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act Now In Effect

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – American Traffic Solutions , the leading red-light safety camera provider in Florida, would like to remind all Florida drivers that several important red-light safety camera changes are now in effect. These changes include new provisions for right-turn-on-red violations, updates to Notice of Violations and new associated challenge procedures, and slight modifications to requirements for issuing Uniform Traffic Citation s. Currently, more than 70 communities across the state use red-light safety camera programs to help

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