Profit from Cameras Depend on the City

The city could either gain or lose money depend on where they place the cameras. The fines must be more in value than the cost to operate in order to make revenue for the city. For example, in a city like Houston, Texas, they make quite a bit of revenue.

 Fines Collected: $24,112,054 Cost to Operate: $8,432,372 Profit: $15,679,682 State Revenue Share: $7,839,841

Then, in a city like Hurst, Texas, the cameras cost more to operate than the profit they make from ticket fees.

Fines Collected: $66,649 Cost to Operate: $114,358 Profit: $0 State Revenue Share: $0


Picture: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-transportation/red-light-cameras/cities-collect-100-million-from-red-light-cameras/
Link: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-transportation/red-light-cameras/cities-collect-100-million-from-red-light-cameras/

Source: Stiles, Matt. "Texas Red-Light Camera Revenue." The Texas Tribune. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Nov. 2007. Web. 09 Dec. 2011. <http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-red-light-camera-revenue/>.