It has been four years since automated speed cameras were installed along Roosevelt Boulevard.

Now, a proposal has been submitted to add the similar technology to Broad Street, writes Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice.

The proposal has already garnered support from Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and PennDOT.

Similar to its use on Roosevelt Boulevard, speed cameras on Broad Street would be used to detect vehicles traveling 11 mph or more above the speed limit. 

“Automated Speed Enforcement has been extraordinarily successful in saving the lives of pedestrians and motorists on Roosevelt Boulevard,” said Mike Carroll, deputy managing director of the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems. “We’re looking to bring that same lifesaving technology to Broad Street, which has the city’s highest level of traffic deaths and serious injuries.”

A Vision Zero Philadelphia report noted that city officials said the speed cameras on Roosevelt Boulevard have reduced speeding at their locations by 95.3 percent and cut down on crashes resulting in death or serious injury by 21 percent. Crashes involving pedestrians have fallen by half.

In addition to Broad Street, the report identified four additional corridors where it hopes to install speed cameras in the years to come. They are State Route 13, State Route 2016, State Route 3, and State Route 291. 

Read more about the city’s efforts to reduce speeding and crashes in Phillyvoice.

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