By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper.
Albuquerque’s speed camera network just got bigger — and if you’re still lead-footing it across town, the odds of getting caught just went up.
The city activated four new Automated Speed Enforcement cameras this week on Fourth Street near Griegos, Central at 61st Street eastbound and westbound, and Unser near Gwin — bringing the citywide total to 34 cameras on corridors selected using crash data, fatality and injury network maps and community input.
The program has issued roughly 766,000 citations since launching in 2022. Mayor Tim Keller said injury crashes are down and the data shows drivers are slowing down. Department of Municipal Development Director Jennifer Turner noted that speed cameras are catching on nationally because they enforce limits around the clock.
A 10% reduction in speed, the city says, can cut significant crashes by up to 19% and fatal crashes by 34%.
All 34 camera locations are now active across the city:
- Gibson between San Mateo & Carlisle (2 cameras)
- Unser at Tower
- Coal at Cornell
- Central between New York & Tingley
- Lomas at Virginia (just west of Wyoming)
- Unser at Flor del Sol (near Dellyne)
- San Mateo just north of Montgomery
- Eubank and Buena Ventura
- Avenida Cesar Chavez and Walter
- Lomas at 3rd Street
- 98th between Tower & Central
- Montgomery & Jennifer
- Montgomery & Julie
- Ellison & Black Diversion Channel
- Wyoming & Academy
- Coors Bypass just south of Ellison
- Coors between Montano & Paseo del Norte
- Paseo del Norte near Louisiana
- Broadway just north of Iron
- Central between Louisiana and San Pedro (2 cameras)
- Carlisle between Comanche and Montgomery
- Lead near Bryn Mawr
- Eubank just south of Montgomery
- Unser near Old Ouray
- Juan Tabo north of Copper
- Zuni between Mesilla and Espanola
- Broadway between Iron and Coal
- Menaul just east of Vassar (between I-25 & Carlisle)
- 4th Street north of Griegos ⭐
- Central near 61st Street (2 cameras) ⭐
- Unser near Gwin ⭐
⭐ New this week
Albuquerque Automated Speed Enforcement program
Learn more: cabq.gov/automated-speed-enforcement