New York, NY - MTA Is Getting Ready To Put You On Camera

New York, NY - The MTA said it will equip 400 buses in Manhattan with onboard video-surveillance equipment, under a $5.2 million camera-test project.

The agency is hoping the cameras will make bus riders safer - and, if the plan works, it intends to install the watching eyes on all 4,500 buses in the city fleet. "Video surveillance has clearly been shown to deter criminal activity on buses," said NYC Transit President Lawrence Reuter. "We also believe that it will be extremely valuable in investigating accident injury claims."

Under the plan, each bus with be equipped with a digital video recorder, multiple interior cameras and a camera facing forward from the driver's point of view.

The first camera-equipped buses are expected to roll out over the next few weeks.