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If you haven't already done so, please read the Redwood City  section on the Camera Towns page

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official documents obtained under the California Public Records Act.

2009 - 2010 Official Reports
May09, Jun09, Nov10, Dec10 Official Reports

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3]  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4]  Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated.  Any figures in red type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what the city calls Total Violations, or total incidents photographed by the camera, and due to time limitations may have been posted here only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted.  The figures in black type are what the city calls Notices Printed, and represent the sum of genuine citations issued (those filed with the court) plus any Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets).
[5]  Data has not been requested.
[6]  The camera enforcement is believed to be on traffic on the first-named street, but the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left, right) is not yet available.

Redwood City Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera, for all of its cameras.
These graphs track violations recorded, not tickets issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time violations in a curb lane, it is believed to indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.
(The curb lane will be the lane with the highest lane number.)


The picture above is an example from another city.

Bar Graphs, 2008 & 2010

Bar graphs are available for more than forty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.





  City of Redwood City Docs Set # 3
Response to Grand Jury

In June 2010 the San Mateo County Grand Jury issued a report on red light cameras, and the cities in the County were required to reply to the questions raised by the report.  In this draft of Redwood City's reply, the responses to Findings # 6 and  # 7 are interesting.





Redwood City Docs Set # 4
Encroachment Permits

Some of the City's cameras are located on CalTrans right-of-ways, so are operated under an encroachment permit obtained from CalTrans.  HighwayRobbery.net obtained these documents from CalTrans, via a public records request.

Permit Application, Jul. 2008
Justification Correspondence, Oct. 2008
Issued Permit, Jul. 2009

Some other cities operate cameras under encroachment permits.  For more information about those cities and about CalTrans' criteria for the issuance of an encroachment permit, see the CalTrans section on the Links page.





Redwood City Docs Set # 5
The Contracts and Amendments

Contract
2010 Amendment, staff report
2010 Amendment, signed

Until an amendment effective Dec. 13, 2010 the contract included an illegal "cost neutrality" clause, whereby the city did not have to pay RedFlex the full rent if revenue from fines was insufficient to cover it.  See Subsection B. of Defect # 10.

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the one listed above.

Redwood City Docs Set # 6
Info on City's Website

There is brief red light camera program info at the police department's website.
If the link does not work, try drilling down:
www.redwoodcity.org > police department > information > red light photo enforcement.

Redwood City Docs Set # 7
More Coming

There may be some more Redwood City information posted in the next few weeks.  Mark your calendar to remind you to come back here and look!




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