Speed Enforcement Cameras Coming To Roosevelt Boulevard

PHILADELPHIA — Traffic on Roosevelt Boulevard will hopefully be safer thanks to a piece of legislation that will put speed cameras along the road.

Mayor Jim Kenney signed legislation Tuesday that brings speed enforcement cameras along the 12 miles of Roosevelt Boulevard, between 9th Street and the city’s boundary with Bucks County.

Cameras will be installed along this High Injury Network corridor by the end of this year. High Injury Network corridors are described as corridors with the highest rates of fatalities and severe injuries per mile.

The aim of the program is to improve safety and reduce deaths and serious injuries resulting from speeding, not serve as a generator of revenue.

Between 2013 and 2017, there were 2,695 crashes with 139 people being killed or severely injured on the Boulevard. See details on the Boulevard's crash history here.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority will administer the speed camera program along Roosevelt Boulevard, similarly to how the PPA administers the red light camera program throughout the city.

Roadside signs will be posted to alert drivers to automated speed enforcement on the Boulevard.

Once the program begins, there will be a 60-day warning period before fines are issued. During this warning period, vehicles identified as speeding will be issued a warning without a fine for the violation.

After the 60-day warning period, the program will begin issuing fines.

The fines are:

• $100 — 11 to 19 miles per hour over the posted speed limit
• $125 — 20 to 29 miles per hour over the posted speed limit
• $150 — 30+ miles per hour over the posted speed limit

Up to three violations may be issued to a single motor vehicle within any 30-minute period. Violations do not add points to a driver’s record.

Funds collected will be used to cover the program’s costs including equipment, administration, and police officers dedicated to reviewing the violations.

Remaining funds will be used for a transportation safety grants program for things such as intersection safety improvements.

More details on the program are available here.