RTSA Smart Traffic Law Enforcement
Under Zambia's Safe-City project — launched after a predecessor speed-camera scheme was scrapped in 2020 over a fraud finding — the Road Transport and Safety Agency integrated speed and number-plate cameras into an Intelligent Traffic Management System, testing them on highways in Lusaka, Livingstone and Ndola through 2023 before starting automated enforcement on 11 December 2023.
📊 Impact
RTSA reported catching 590 motorists for speeding on the first day of enforcement, 11 December 2023 (News Diggers).
🎓 Lesson
A predecessor speed-camera system run through a private contractor (2018-2020) was scrapped after Zambia's Solicitor General found 'an element of fraud' — fines were flowing to a private account rather than government revenue. The Safe-City system that replaced it routes enforcement through RTSA and the police instead of an outsourced operator.
📖 Terms in this entry: Adaptive traffic signals · ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition) · CBTC (communications-based train control)
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “RTSA Smart Traffic Law Enforcement” — Lusaka, Zambia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/lusaka-smart-traffic/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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