Some MBTA buses will soon have cameras to record and issue fines to vehicles blocking bus stops and lanes, now that the transit authority officially passed the initiative on Wednesday .

The automated cameras, attached to the front of some MBTA buses and on poles at stops and plazas, will record and send warnings or fines, ranging from $25 to $125, directly to the violating driver’s home address.

Joining five other major cities, including LA, DC, and New York, with these systems, the MBTA is hoping to soft launch the initiative with a small bus fleet by the end of this year before expanding the program in 2026.

Gov. Maura Healey paved the way for this regulation earlier this year when she signed the law that allows for cameras on school buses to fine drivers who violate the bus’s s

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