CTDOT and the Office of the State Traffic Administration (OSTA) considers four types of locations:

• Traffic Control Signals for running a red-light indication.
• School Zones for exceeding the posted speed limit by more than 10 mph.
• Pedestrian Safety Zones for exceeding the posted speed limit by more than 10 mph.
• Other Locations for exceeding the posted speed limit by more than 10 mph.

Speed Safety Cameras are the only authorized type of automated enforcement safety devices in Stamford. 

There are currently no approved or active Speed Safety Cameras in Stamford. 

The Stamford Transportation, Traffic & Parking Department oversees and manages the program working with several other City Departments.

• The Transportation, Traffic & Parking Department has to develop an operations and location plan. That plan includes a written justification, with supporting documentation, explaining how and why an ATESD location was selected for installation. The supporting documentation includes:
  • The history of traffic crashes caused by speeding or failing to obey a traffic control signor signal at the location and the history of traffic crashes that resulted in a person’s death or serious injury at the location.
  • The average daily traffic (ADT) at the location
  • The history of traffic stops conducted in the municipality and reported to the Office of Policy and Management under the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
  • The municipality’s poverty rate and the percent of occupied housing units with vehicles, as determined by the five-year estimates of the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey.
  • The location’s roadway geometry.
• Additionally, a scaled roadway plan or an aerial image showing the location for the ATESD at a traffic control signal, School Zone, Pedestrian Safety Zone, or other location(s). The plan or aerial image must also show the proposed location of the required two conspicuous signs to be installed on every approach at a reasonable distance in advance of the ATESD.
• This report is then subject to the public hearing and review and approval of the Stamford Board of Representatives.
• If the Board of Representatives approves the Operations Plan, then the plan is sent to the Connecticut Department of Transportation Office of the State Traffic Administration for review and subsequent approval.

• $50 for the first offense and $75 for subsequent offenses.
• There is a $15 processing fee for each citation.

No. The citation will also not be reported on driving records.

• Funds received from fines are used for the purposes of improving transportation mobility, investing in transportation infrastructure improvements, or paying for the costs associated with the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices.
• Funds do not go into the City’s general fund or go to the State.

• No less than 18 months after an ATESD becomes operational, the City must submit a report to the Connecticut Department of Transportation and to the General Assembly including the following:
  • The number of violations of CGS 14-218a, CGS 14-219, and CGS 14-299(b)(3) that occurred at the locations where such automated traffic safety devices were installed at least 1 year prior to the use of such devices;
  • The number of violations where a motor vehicle exceeded the posted speed limit by ten or more miles per hour that were captured at such locations by an ATESD.
  • The number of violations where a motor vehicle failed to comply with CGS 14-299(b)(3) when facing a steady red signal on a traffic control signal that were captured at such locations by an ATESD.
  • If available, the number and type of related traffic violations and crashes that occurred at each location where an ATESD was installed at least 1 year prior to such installation and during the use of an ATESD.
  • The number of violations of CGS 14-218a, CGS 14-219, and CGS 14-299(b)(3) and related traffic violations and crashes that occurred at locations where an ATESD was used and at similar locations where an ATESD was not used. A similar location is defined as having approximately the same conditions (e.g. traffic control device, functional classificational, number of lanes, speed limit, traffic volumes, etc.).
  • A description of situations where recorded images could not be used or were not used.
  • The number of leased or rented motor vehicles, out-of-state motor vehicles or other vehicles, including trucks, where enforcement efforts were unsuccessful.
  • The amount of revenue from the fines and associated fees retained by the municipality, including the percentage of fines collected from residents and the percentage of fines collected from non-residents.
  • The cost to the municipality to use an ATESD.
• No later than one year after the City submits its initial report after the ATESD becomes operational, and every year thereafter until the ATESD is no longer operational in the municipality, the municipality must submit a report to CTDOT and the General Assembly including the following:
  • The number of motor vehicles that were subject to one citation, two citations, three citations or four or more citations.
  • In the case of an ATESD that records images of motor vehicles failing to comply with the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of Section 14-299 of the CGS when facing a steady red signal on a traffic control signal, the number of citations at each location that were issued to motor vehicles making a right turn, to motor vehicles proceeding through the intersection and to motor vehicles making a left turn.
  • A list of engineering and educational measures undertaken by the municipality to improve safety in locations when an ATESD is operational.
  • Data regarding how many citations were issued, how many hearings were requested and the results of any such hearings.