Traffic Camera Election Ruled Invalid: MyFoxHOUSTON.com A U.S. District Judge has ruled the election was invalid to determine if traffic light cameras should have been removed from Houston roadways. Until the decision Friday by Judge Lynn Hughes, the City of Houston and American Traffic Solutions, the company that installed the cameras, were embroiled in a lawsuit. When […]

A lawsuit filed by the city grew more complicated Tuesday when opponents of the devices attempted to intervene in litigation between the city and American Traffic Solutions, or ATS, the Kansas-based company that operated the cameras.  Read More:

The owners of Houston’s red-light camera system have agreed to a new City Hall request to shut down the system on Monday morning, but the Arizona firm’s lawyer said questions remain about how the company will recover its investment if the city cancels a contract expiring in 2014. This week, officials with American Traffic Solutions […]

Ten days after 180,000 Houston voters shot down the city’s controversial red light cameras, the issue has finally come to a head. Two days ago the city attorney sent a letter to the president of American Traffic Solutions, the company that owns the system, requesting that the red light cameras be turned off Monday at […]

Although voters abolished Houston’s red light camera system Tuesday, the 70 cameras have the green light to keep recording traffic violations for months… as the city weighs a legal strategy for exiting its contract with … ATS, the Arizona firm that manages Houston’s system.  Read More:

Ever since red light cameras went up in 2006, they’ve been challenged. Now the violation notices are being challenged too.. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett didn’t know anything about it until we started asking questions.   Ever since red light cameras went up in 2006, they’ve been challenged. Now the violation notices are being challenged […]