City & PPA Announce Launch of Automated Speed Enforcement on Broad Street

Cameras will begin issuing warnings on Monday, September 15; ticketing on November 14

PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) announced today the official launch of the Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) camera program expansion to PA Route 611 - the entirety of Broad Street and a small section of Old York Road - which will go live on Monday, September 15, 2025. This will begin the 60-day warning period in which drivers will not be officially ticketed but instead will receive warnings in the mail if recorded speeding. Ticketing will begin on Friday, November 14.

"Broad Street is one of the city's busiest and most dangerous roads, and we're taking steps to make it safer," said Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. "Speed cameras save lives. Prior to 2020, Roosevelt Boulevard was the most dangerous road in the city. Since then, speed cameras on the Boulevard have slowed driver speeds, reduced pedestrian crashes, and saved lives. Today marks another step closer to our goal of making Philadelphia the safest, cleanest, and greenest city in America, with access to economic opportunity for all."

The speed limit on Broad Street is 25 mph everywhere except small stretches near the stadium complex. Drivers traveling 11 mph over the speed limit will be ticketed. Fines are $100 for traveling 11-19 mph over the speed limit, $125 for 20-29 mph over, and $150 for 30+ mph over. No points are assigned to the driver's license.

There are 15 camera locations along Route 611 which are made publicly available on the PPA's ASE program webpage.

"Speed enforcement cameras are critically important tools that have dramatically reduced speeding along Roosevelt Boulevard," said Rich Lazer, Executive Director, Philadelphia Parking Authority. "We now hope to bring about similar results along Broad Street as well as other major arteries in the city."

In June 2020, the PPA joined the City, as part of the Vision Zero program, to improve traffic safety on city streets by installing ASE cameras at 10 locations along Roosevelt Boulevard. At the time, the Boulevard was the most dangerous road, and the state legislature permitted a pilot program to curb speeding. The program reduced speeding violations on the corridor by 95 percent and pedestrian-involved crashes have been reduced by 50 percent since the cameras were put in place.

In December 2023, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 1284, which:

• Made the ASE pilot program on Roosevelt Boulevard permanent
• Permitted the expansion of the program to five additional state route corridors
• Allowed for implementation of a pilot program in five school zones

Joint analysis of Philadelphia's most hazardous streets by PennDOT and the City found Route 611 had the highest rate of speeding-related crashes and fatalities in the city. From 2020 to 2024, there were 206 fatal and serious injury crashes on Broad Street. This research determined Broad Street as the highest need corridor for speed camera enforcement.

In 2024, Mayor Parker signed Bill No. 240434 and 241030 into law, allowing for the implementation of ASE on two of the five expansion corridors - State Route 611 and State Route 13, respectively.

Surplus revenue from the program is remitted to a transportation safety fund run by PennDOT. Transportation safety projects in the city are eligible to apply for this funding through PennDOT. Priority is given to projects that are located near the location where the fines were collected.