Traffic
Cameras
May Be
Used To
Control
Bus
Schedules
The
Ministerio
de Obras
Públicas
y
Transportes
(MOPT)
said on
Friday
that it
has
another
use for
the
traffic
cameras
in
addition
to
keeping
speeding
drivers
in
check:
if buses
are
keeping
to
schedules
and
pirate
(non
permit)
services
as
required
by the
Consejo
de
Transporte
Público
(CTP).
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So far
the MOPT
has
installed
12
cameras
in the
main
routes
in the
San José
area
that
includes
the
autopistas
General
cañas,
Florencio
del
Castillo
and the
Próspero
Fernández
, as
well as
the
Circunvalación.
Once the
program
is fully
implemented
there
will
some 100
cameras
around
the
country,
working
around
the
clock.
Buses,
although
it seems
to the
untrained
eye, run
ad hoc,
with no
rhyme or
reason.
However,
that is
far from
the
truth,
there
are
established
bus
schedules
and bus
operators
must
comply
with
these
schedules
to
continue
with
their
concessions
or face
sanctions
by the
CTP and
possible
even
have
their
concession
revoked.
Using
the
traffic
camerqs
to
control
to see
where
buses
are
keeping
to
schedule
is just
another
advantage
of the
cameras
that
were to
have
started
controlling
speeding
vehicles
by the
end of
the this
month,
but
delayed
for some
months
as the
MOPT
fine
tunes
the
notification
process.
"This is
another
way of
strengthening
our
commitment
to
public
transport",
said
Francisco
Jimenez,
MOPT
minister.
Minister
Jimenez
added
that his
officials
are
looking
into
getting
the
camera
program
working
as soon
as
possible,
one idea
being
discussed
is
placing
a
traffic
official
a
distance
from the
cameras,
stopping
speeding
vehicles
caught
on film
and
radioed
by the
control
centre
to the
official.
In this
way,
speeding
drivers
can be
fined
immediately
while
MOPT
officials
figure
out a
way of
properly
notifying
the
owners
of the
vehicle
and
making
the
"parte"
or
ticket
legal.
The MOPT
has no
definite
date on
when the
traffic
cameras
will go
into
use.
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