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Santa Monica Today
By the People, for the People
Santa Monica Deploys AI-Powered Parking Cameras to Protect Bike Lanes
Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
Published on Feb. 14, 2026
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The City of Santa Monica will begin using AI-powered cameras on its parking enforcement vehicles to detect and enforce violations of bike lanes, making the streets safer for cyclists. The technology, provided by Hayden AI, has already been deployed on buses in other California cities and has proven effective at reducing obstructions and improving safety.
Why it matters
Protecting bike lanes is a key priority for many cities looking to encourage more sustainable transportation and improve safety for cyclists. Santa Monica's deployment of this AI-powered camera system represents an innovative approach to enforcing bike lane rules and reducing dangerous parking violations.
The details
Starting in April 2026, seven vehicles in Santa Monica's parking enforcement fleet will be equipped with Hayden AI's scanning technology to detect vehicles illegally parked in bike lanes. The company has already installed similar systems on buses in Oakland, Sacramento, New York City, Washington DC, and Philadelphia, with the cameras proving effective at identifying violations - in one 59-day period at the University of California, San Diego, the system detected over 1,100 parking violations, with 88% of those being instances of blocking a bike lane.
- The new AI-powered parking cameras will be deployed in Santa Monica starting in April 2026.
- In September 2025, Hayden AI announced it had installed 2,000 of its camera systems on buses worldwide.
The players
Hayden AI
A company that provides AI-powered camera systems to detect parking and traffic violations, with a focus on improving bus speed and safety by removing obstructions from bus lanes.
City of Santa Monica
A Southern California beach town that will be the first city in the country to deploy Hayden AI's AI-powered parking cameras on its municipal parking enforcement vehicles.
What they’re saying
“The more we can reduce the amount of illegal parking, the safer we can make it for bike riders.”
— Charley Territo, Chief Growth Officer, Hayden AI
“We do that by [reducing] one of the biggest causes of collisions with buses—moving out of their lanes. So the fewer times they have to make a turn, the fewer instances there are [of a crash].”
— Charley Territo, Chief Growth Officer, Hayden AI
What’s next
The new AI-powered parking cameras will be deployed in Santa Monica starting in April 2026.
The takeaway
Santa Monica's deployment of AI-powered parking cameras to detect and enforce bike lane violations represents an innovative approach to improving safety for cyclists and promoting more sustainable transportation in the city.
