Croton's red-light camera program drew an endorsement from the village's Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee on Jan. 15 — along with a suggested change to where the third camera should go. The January minutes report that the village had been granted home-rule legislation allowing up to three red-light cameras. This is a report of the committee’s discussion, rather than independent verification of the legislation’s signing date. The police chief has proposed the two exit ramps on Croton Point Avenue and the intersection of South Riverside and Municipal Place. This article is based solely on the official written minutes; croton.news had no reporter present. Trustees asked the Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee and the Police Advisory Committee to weigh in. According to the minutes of the Jan. 15 meeting, committee members voiced concerns about red-light cameras generally and about data privacy — the latter flagged in an email from Nora Regis — but endorsed the installation all the same. The committee backed the two Croton Point Avenue exit-ramp locations. For the third camera, members suggested swapping Municipal Place for the intersection of South Riverside and Croton Point, reasoning that the alternative could cover the Croton Point Avenue corridor and sits where car, bicycle and foot traffic are heavier. The recommendations were to be shared with the village manager. The minutes record the specific recommendation: “the committee suggests considering placing the third camera at the intersection of South Riverside and Croton Point.”

Bikes get a foothold in the schools

Anamika Bhatnagar, the committee's liaison to the Board of Education, outlined a budding partnership with the Croton-Harmon school district built around two initiatives. The first, a bike rodeo, grew out of grant funding won by a physical education teacher at CET. The teacher is developing a biking unit and purchasing bicycles for the physical education department, with a short-term plan for a rodeo and group rides this spring and a longer-term goal of working with facilities staff on a bicycle obstacle course. The second initiative, a *Walk, Ride and Roll to School* day focused on safety awareness, will likely wait until fall so it can coincide with the return to school, and the committee is looking for volunteers to help run it. Bhatnagar is to connect committee chair Matt Arnold with the CET teacher to schedule a planning meeting. Bhatnagar also reported that installation of bus arm cameras on school buses would begin Jan. 19 as part of a countywide program.

A strong first year for Project MOVER

The meeting put fresh numbers on Project MOVER, the regional bike-share program that stationed hubs around the village last summer. Between July 9 and Dec. 19, 2025 — the program's first year — Croton hubs were involved in 1,374 trips. The written record states: “Croton hubs were involved in 1,374 trips”. The vast majority, 1,281, stayed entirely within the village; 93 crossed municipal lines, most of them between Croton and the Village of Ossining (85 trips), with two each involving Tarrytown and the Town of Ossining. The Metro-North station hub was Croton's busiest, logging 505 rides — enough to rank among the top five hubs in the MOVER region, alongside the Beekman hub in Sleepy Hollow (671), Pierson Park in Tarrytown (669), Tarrytown's Metro-North hub (586) and Sykes Park in Sleepy Hollow (531). South Riverside followed with 218 rides, then the Upper Village with 213, the Croton Free Library with 167, Maple Commons with 151 and Dobbs Park with 86. The fleet went into hibernation Dec. 19 and is set to return in early April, though Sleepy Hollow is experimenting with running through the winter. Committee members floated expansion sites for 2026 — South Riverside and Brook Street near the foot of the pedestrian bridge, the Senasqua Park area and the Sunset area — and began thinking about how to sustain the program once its NYSERDA funding runs out in April 2027. The village is assembling a press release highlighting the program's first-year metrics, with Arnold contributing a quote on the committee's behalf. Ride vouchers remain available.

A flat budget and a repair party

The village manager has asked the committee for its Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget request. The Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee settled on $1,500 — flat with the current year — with the money prioritized for the Slow Down Croton campaign and a possible partnership with the Police Advisory Committee to distribute blinking safety lights. The minutes state: “Committee to request $1,500 (flat with current fiscal year) and prioritize for SDC initiatives”. Closer to home, the next Repair Café is scheduled for Feb. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive. Organizers are looking for volunteers, with names and contacts to go to Sherry Horowitz. The committee also began planning an Earth Day ride at Vasallo Park on May 2 from noon to 5 p.m. The committee welcomed two newly appointed members, James Nadeau and Dan Ozaruk, and drew company from Village Hall: both Mayor Pugh and Deputy Mayor Len Simon, the board's ex officio liaison, attended the session, along with members Kevin Scott, Barry Scheer, Riley Moeller and Daniel Castner. The committee’s recommendations were to be shared with the village manager; they did not themselves authorize camera installation at any intersection. Residents won't have to wait long for a verdict on the rest of the agenda either — the bikes come out of hibernation in April, with an expanded hub network possibly close behind. *Clarification, October 19, 2026: The account now attributes the existing home-rule authority to the minutes and removes an unverified signing date. The committee’s camera-location recommendations are distinguished from installation authorization.*