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Update the priority corridors for the automated expansion of speed enforcement with new fall and speed data | Office for transport and infrastructure systems

Update the priority corridors for the automated expansion of speed enforcement with new fall and speed data | Office for transport and infrastructure systems

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Last year the city of Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) Published his Expansion Automated Speed ​​Enforcement (ASE) 2024: corridor evaluation and methodology Report in A May 2024 press release. In the report, the methodology and selection of five recommended corridors were described.

Since then, the city has had time to check additional crash data and speed data. Our goal is to use this ASE expansion option in the most effective way, which will ultimately save lives. Therefore, our team examined the top -10 corridors identified in the first report with the new data.

After further analysis, the new data confirmed that the state route (SR) 611 and SR 13 remain the two most important corridors that would benefit from the program. The evaluation led to changes that are shown in the new Addendum: May 2024 Automated speed enforcement expansion report Memorandum.

The addendum also updates the analysis in the original report with additional data recorded by OTIs. This included new crash data and speed data on the top 10 corridors that were identified in the first report. The analysis pointed to five corridors to advance ASE:

  • State Route 611 (Broad Street/Old York Road)
  • State Route 13 (Baltimore Avenue/34th Street/33rd Street/Hunting Park Avenue/Frankford Avenue)
  • State route 2016 (Allegheny Avenue)
  • State Route 1004 (Erie Avenue/Torresdale Avenue)
  • State Route 2001 (Christopher Columbus Boulevard/Delaware Avenue/Moyamensing Avenue)

To summarize the changes, SR 1004 and SR 2001 have replaced in our proposed corridor list SR 3 (Chestnut Street/Walnut Street) and SR 291 (Penrose Avenue/Bartram Avenue/Moyamensing Avenue).

These updates of the ASE expansion are part of the more comprehensive improvement in traffic safety between Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and City Council.

Background on Asse

ASE cameras were used for the first time by the city in cooperation with the Parkadelphia parking authority (PPA)In 2020 along the Roosevelt Boulevard in a pilot program permitted by the state legislature to curb the speed on Philadelphia's most dangerous street. The program reduced speed violations against the corridor by 95 percent, and since the introduction of the cameras, 50 percent have been reduced by 50 percent.

In December 2023, the governor signed Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro House bill 1284which:

  1. Made the ASE pilot program on the Roosevelt Boulevard permanently,
  2. Allowed the program to be expanded to five additional state route corridors and
  3. Permission for the implementation of a pilot program in five school zones.

In 2024, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker Bill no. 240434 And 241030 In the law to allow the implementation of ASE to two of the five expansion corridors – State Route 611 or State Route 13. Implementation and start of these two corridors are still in progress. Currently, ASE cameras are only active on the Roosevelt Boulevard.

In February 2025, city council member Isaiah (AT-LARGE) Bill no. 250148 To enable ASE in seven school zones, although the state law limits the use of ASE cameras to five designated school areas at a certain point in time. The Bill said goodbye From the city council on Thursday, April 24th.

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