About TicketTrap.ai
To expose questionable automated traffic enforcement practices, follow the money behind ticketing programs, and give everyone free access to the evidence, research and tools they need to demand transparency and accountability from their governments.
What we do
Red-light cameras, speed cameras, school-zone cameras, bus-lane cameras and license plate readers are run by governments and, very often, by private companies paid out of the tickets. TicketTrap.ai collects the public records behind these programs (contracts, ticket counts, revenue, signal timing, court rulings) and publishes them in one place, free.
- A database of enforcement programs and camera locations, organized from country down to the town that runs them. Removed cameras stay on the record.
- A document library of original records, converted to searchable text.
- Investigations that start from a question or an allegation and report what the records actually show.
- A news hub following automated enforcement and camera surveillance everywhere.
- A toolkit so anyone can request the same records for their own town.
Where we start
Long Island first: Nassau County and Suffolk County, where camera programs have drawn years of public controversy, reporting and litigation. The database is built for the whole country and the world from day one; places are added as their records come in. See the roadmap.
Facts, not assumptions
We do not assume every camera program is unlawful. A tip or a social media post is a lead, not a finding. Every number on the site links to its source, and every claim is labeled by what the evidence shows. When the records disprove an allegation, we publish that too. Read our editorial standards and how we count.
Free, always
No paywall on the research. Records and data are free to read, download and reuse. Research gathered in one town should help people everywhere else.
Get involved
Send a tip or a document, or use the toolkit to request your town's records and share what you get.