The Anchorage Assembly is set to take up a resolution at Tuesday’s regular meeting that could reshape how the city uses and manages its rapidly expanding network of traffic cameras.
The proposal by Chair Chris Constant, titled “A Resolution of the Anchorage Assembly Regarding the Implementation and Use of Traffic Cameras and Traffic Camera Recordings Throughout the Municipality,” comes from his concerns over pedestrian safety as well as individual privacy.
Anchorage recorded a grim milestone in 2024 — 15 pedestrians were struck and killed on city streets, the highest number on record. The pace has continued into 2025. In response to rising fatalities, the municipality has expanded its traffic camera program, installing cameras at 283 traffic signals since 2017 and on track to have them at every intersection by the end of summer, according to the Municipal Traffic Department. That does not include the state cameras installed on state-maintained road…