Red lights mean green for New York City.
For the first time ever, the city ticketed more than 1 million vehicles for running a red light and getting caught on camera. The city’s 150 secret cameras — 50 were installed in 2009 — nabbed an average of 2,741 drivers a day in 2010, according to figures obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information request.
The number of $50 red-light tickets skyrocketed by 40 percent, from 710,978 in 2009 to 1,000,598 in 2010.
And while drivers fume, city coffers bloom, with $55.4 million collected in red-light tickets in 2010, up 70 percent from $32 million raked in 2009.
Meanwhile, the number of vehicle towings rose from 114,819 in 2009 to 125,793 in 2010, records show. In September, city marshals were authorized to tow any vehicle with $350 owed for red-light or parking tickets.
The camera tickets were overseen by the Transportation Department and not included in the Finance Department’s database of parking violations.
The number of parking tickets decreased from 9,994,849 in 2009 to 9,284,785 in 2010 — likely due to a jump in the number of times alternate-side-parking rules were suspended for snow.