Oakland is one step closer to following San Francisco’s footsteps when it comes to installing speed cameras to improve public safety.
Oakland’s Public Works and Transportation committee gave pending authorization to move forward with plans to install speed cameras around the city from the same vendor San Francisco used. There, 33 cameras are now operating in a 60-day window of issuing warnings before enforcement begins in August. Assembly Bill 645 permits Oakland to install 18 cameras as part of a pilot program; two are in North Oakland, five in downtown Oakland, four near Fruitvale, one on MacArthur and another six near 73rd and 98th avenues…