New speed cameras are now live on a stretch of U.S. Route 13 in Northeast Philadelphia
Vehicles clocked by the cameras at 36 mph and above will receive warnings for 60 days. The speed limit is 25 mph on the stretch of roadway.
Early Monday morning, Philadelphia’s latest automated speed-enforcement cameras began clocking drivers on a portion of the U.S. Route 13 corridor in the Northeast.
Violations of the 25 mph speed limit will bring mailed warnings for the first 60 days of the deployment.
The city has been increasing its reliance on speed cameras on its most dangerous roads in recent years following deep reductions in speeding and serious crashes on Roosevelt Boulevard since the technology was installed there in 2020.
“This program is about improving public safety and saving lives,” Rich Lazer, executive director of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, said in a statement.
Pennsylvania’s legislature made the Roosevelt Boulevard cameras — which started as an experiment — permanent in 2023. The law also authorized Philadelphia to use automated speed enforcement on up to five additional corridors.
With the latest installation on Route 13, 80 speed cameras now operate in the city. Last year, PPA switched on 30 cameras along the length of Broad Street.
The new cameras, 10 in all, are at 9900 Frankford Ave.; 8300 Frankford Ave.; 7000 Frankford Ave.; 6400 Frankford Ave.; 3100 Levick St.; and 2100 Robbins St.
PPA plans to install speed cameras on the rest of the 11.5-mile Route 13 in July.
The highway is known as Baltimore Avenue as it goes through West Philadelphia and University City. It crosses the Schuylkill on Girard Avenue, runs along Hunting Park Avenue in North Philadelphia, and shares part of Roosevelt Boulevard before heading out of the city on Frankford Avenue.
Fines are $100 for traveling 11-19 mph over the speed limit; $125 for going 20-29 mph over; and $150 for speeding by 30 or more mph.
Enforcement begins June 12.
Tickets are mailed to the registered owner of a vehicle caught speeding. No points are assessed to a driver’s license; owners who can show they were not driving at the time of the violation can get the tickets dismissed.
Automated enforcement technology has been credited with a 95% reduction in speeding violations and a 21% reduction in fatal and serious-injury crashes on Roosevelt Boulevard, once Philadelphia’s deadliest road.
