Guidelines issued by Department of Transportation re municipal plan on use and locations of automated traffic enforcement safety devices and re effectiveness of municipal plan

(a) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Transportation shall issue written guidance to municipalities concerning the development of a plan to use automated traffic enforcement safety devices, the submission of such plan and the criteria to be used by the department when evaluating any such plan for approval. Such guidance shall be consistent with the goal of installing automated traffic enforcement safety devices at locations likely to improve traffic safety and ensuring that the distribution of such devices throughout the municipality is equitable. Such guidance shall include the following factors to be considered by the municipality when determining the locations to include in a plan: (1) The history of traffic crashes caused by excessive speeding or the violation of a traffic control sign or traffic control signal at such location, (2) the history of traffic crashes that resulted in the fatality or serious injury of a person at such location, (3) the rate of poverty in such municipality as determined by the five-year estimates of the most recent American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, (4) the per cent of occupied housing units with vehicles available as determined by the five-year estimates of the most recent American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, (5) the average daily traffic of such location, (6) the history of traffic stops conducted in the municipality and reported to the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to subsection (h) of section 54-1m, (7) the roadway geometry of any such location, and (8) any other additional information or data as determined by the department. Such guidance shall include a model privacy policy and protocol regarding the privacy, security, collection and destruction of personally identifiable information and other information and data gathered from automated traffic enforcement safety devices and establishing internal audit requirements to ensure compliance with such policy and protocol. (b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Department of Transportation shall issue written guidance to municipalities concerning how to evaluate the effectiveness of automated traffic enforcement safety devices and submit a subsequent plan to use such devices together with supporting documentation. Such guidance shall include the factors to be considered when determining whether an automated traffic enforcement safety device at a location improved traffic safety. (c) The guidance issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be revised as necessary and published on the department's Internet web site.