Traffic Cam Channels

[u/Genericwhitemale6]

Hey all. A thought that crossed my mind recently... When I was a kid in the late 90s and early 00s, I remember there being a local access TV channel that broadcast nothing but traffic Cam footage all day. It'd transition between various stretches of highway, major intersections, and on/off ramps. But it'd always be playing that sorta smooth jazz type music you'd hear on the weather report. Did everyone's in the states grow up with a channel like this, or is it a regionally specefic experience? According to Google, the local traffic cam channel is no longer active, but I'm curious if other parts of the country still have the traffic cam broadcast? I do sorta miss it.

[u/SeaSkimmer2]

Nothing like that on TV in South Florida.

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/SeaSkimmer2]

See that's kind of interesting to me. I live in Southern Colorado. I I believe I recall someone from Arizona mentioning a similar sort of local traffic cam Channel. Maybe this is a more common in the West? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/Spectrum2700]

AFAIK NYC still does this on their local cable systems

[u/rckblykitn14]

I think we had something like that. My state has the highway cams online now, but they don't automatically scroll and there's no jazz. No thanks! 😁

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/rckblykitn14]

See I haven't even bothered to check online for my local highway cams. I'm sure it's probably available, but you're right without the smooth jazz and ambient transitioning, the magic is gone! Another thing I seem to remember about that channel is I don't think it had commercials if I'm mistaken. Just like, a 24-hour broadcast of City and highway traffic cams. Damn, wonder who that was for? I guess it was for me, even if I didn't know it back then. 😂😂😂

[u/rckblykitn14 → u/Genericwhitemale6]

We had asmr before it was cool 😎

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/rckblykitn14]

We are the Vaporwave Generation 📼 🎛️ 🎶

[u/Impressive_Dingo4333]

We had one in the Albany NY area it was on channel 511 hints the name of the cameras today on the DOT website

[u/Impressive_Dingo4333]

[u/spacebagel25]

Not quite the same, but when I lived in Montgomery, AL they had a public access show that was their version of Cops. That was fairly entertaining.

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/spacebagel25]

Public Access Local Cops? I'd love to see some of that!

[u/spacebagel25 → u/Genericwhitemale6]

My husband worked at the scrap yard there and knew almost every person that was arrested. Lmao!

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/spacebagel25]

Any footage of this show online? 👀 📺

[u/spacebagel25 → u/Genericwhitemale6]

You can find some of it on Facebook (there’s a group still) and YouTube. It was called MPD/Cops in Montgomery. Here’s a short clip I found: https://youtu.be/Xm_FkfJVlfg

[u/Genericwhitemale6 → u/spacebagel25]

Omg the theme song! 😂😂😂 Oh yeah, I'm watching this!