Speed Cameras (photo radar)

According to the consultants hired by the City of Ottawa's Traffic and Parking Operations branch, the installation of speed cameras is the only viable option available to make the installation of a crosswalk at Cathcart possible. Transportation Committee and City Council passed a motion in 2008 supporting a request be made to the provincial government asking for the permission to use speed cameras in Ottawa at the municipal level. The following links provide the latest on this ongoing request of the province.

• Letter Writing Campaign and Petition, December 2010

Main Documents:

• Speed Cameras - Letters to and from the provincial government, 2009-10
• Fact Sheet, 2010
• Meeting Agenda, Councillor McCrae, March 2010
• Arguments for and Against Speed Cameras, 2003

Support for Speed Cameras:

• Quebec Speed Camera Pilot, Results, October 2010
• Letter of Endorsement, Canada Safety Council, January 2010
• Ipsos Reid Poll Summary, Canada Safety Council, 2007
• Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Photo Radar, Ipsos Reid Poll, 2007
• Citizens for Safe Cycling Support Speed Cameras, October 1995

Mississauga Business Case:

• Business Case, Mississauga, February 2009  Part 1  Part 2
• Proposed Mississauga Automated Speed Camera Program, January 2009
• Speed Camera Webpage, Mississauga

Other Links:

• Speed Cameras Reduce Traffic Fatalities, March 2011
• Report: Speed Cameras Save Lives, Article, December 2010
• Road Safety Cameras, Secretary of State Alistair Darling, UK, 2005
• Study Finds Speed Cameras Effective, British Medical Journal, 2005