SFist: Get Ready for Your Close Up: Muni to Install Cameras

aj

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:55:19 -0800

All of this behavior is already on camera. Someone just needs to actually review it. And, of course, we would need a district attorney who cared about this sort of thing, which is not forthcoming.

aj

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:50:46 -0800

This is a GREAT idea. It will save millions in personal injury accident payouts alone - if the photos are actually used. To remind everyone, this is a CAPITAL project, which is different from the OPERATING budget that is currently in deficit.

lardtub

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:50:36 -0800

So with this supposed budget problem that MUNI faces, how can they pull 2 million out of their asses? A few years ago they got a bunch of new vehicles and now they want cameras?

travin

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:26:46 -0800

Expect to soon see a rise in incidence, and media reporting of, various crimes and misdemeanors on muni, no doubt accompanied by less enforcement, that suddenly begs support for this plan. And a $400k monitoring budget? What are they smoking? They're going to pay 2-4 jokers $60k each (minimum) to sit on their butts to "monitor" this system and we're supposed to believe that system-wide somewhere around $175k a year is going to cover all maintenance, repair, replacement of the installed equipment itself in addition to supporting processing, review and interface equipment and training? And we're to believe only 2-4 administrators can actually handle the workload. Really? Seriously? They could burn through that kind of cash just on meetings and donuts alone. Get freakin' real, people.

Xenu

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:05:53 -0800

I'm going to have to agree with Travin on this -- cameras are not the answer. Collecting evidence does not solve the problem. Firing the shitty drivers IS the answer, and solves the problem. It's a public safety issue, plain and simple.

travin

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:57:12 -0800

Muni already has video cameras, several in fact, on just about every bus and train I've ever been on. So essentially the $2 million isn't a necessary expenditure, it's just a band-aid upgrade to collect better evidence to bolster their so-called safety program, which is a band-aid to their poor training program, which is a failure of union/mgmt negotiations. It's a system ungrade we don't need to show us what we already know and already have the means to collect the data. Muni drivers have poor driving skills and as a result people get hurt. Look at the video you already have. There. Problem identified. Pay me $2 million.

Shibi

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:10:40 -0800

How about triggering an alert any time fare poachers rush in through the back doors or when kids (you know who you are, and you're probably not reading this) graffiti crap all over the interiors and exteriors of the buses? ARGH. MUNI's budget deficit... The fare increases... The reduction in service... This interminable wind!!