Philadelphia will soon install 42 speed-enforcement cameras at several dangerous roadways throughout the city, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The cameras will be installed along U.S. Route 13, and placed on avenues and streets across West, North, and Northeast Philadelphia.
It will be the third speed-camera corridor in the city. The first cameras were installed at Roosevelt Boulevard starting in 2020, while the Philadelphia Parking Authority is planning to bring 30 cameras along Broad Street in March.
U.S. Route 13 has long been a dangerous road.
According to the city’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, the route saw 123 fatal and serious crashes between 2019 and 2023. There was also 160 different crashes attritubed to speeding, along with 258 total crashes involving pedestrians.
Data from the state show that cameras have helped reduce speeding on the Boulevard by 95 percent.
As a result, Pennsylvania enacted a law in 2023 that made the Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras permanent, and then authorized Philadelphia to designate five more dangerous corridors to add them.
“Slowing down saves lives,” Mayor Cherelle Parker said.
The new cameras will be installed on Baltimore Avenue; Powelton Avenue; Girard Avenue; Hunting Park Avenue; 33rd, 34th, and 38th Streets; Frankford Avenue; and Levick and Robbins Streets.
Read more about the new Philly speed cameras in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on PHILADELPHIA Today in January 2025.
