If you’ve ever lingered by a bus lane in your car thinking “just one second,” that second might now cost you up to $250. The MTA has quietly expanded its Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program —those bus-mounted cameras that catch drivers blocking bus stops, double parking or cruising in bus-only lanes—and the buses themselves are now acting as ticketing agents.

Four new routes—the Bx22, M96, M116 and Bx2—have joined the fleet this month, bringing the total to 47 ACE-enabled lines across Manhattan and the Bronx. The expansion follows a 2023 state law authorizing the MTA, NYC DOT and Department of Finance to deploy the rolling enforcement system, which aims to keep streets moving and make city buses, which currently average a sluggish 8 miles per hour, just a bit faster.

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