We had tried for a speed camera on Philly a number of years ago. SHA did a
traffic survey and found that not enough cars were speeding to make it
worthwhile for the contractor to install one. Now that the speed limit is
lowered that has probably changed. Randy
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On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Lauren Cooper Van Tol <ljcooper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jay,
I completely agree with you about the need for a speed camera on this stretch
of Philadelphia. If not a speed camera then other calming measures should be
employed (widening the sidewalks, bump outs, etc). It took a petition created
by a neighbor on Philadelphia Ave. for the speed limit to be lowered.
One of the sections from the final report of the Reimagining Public Safety
task force that I was a member of made the following recommendations around
additional speed cameras:
Goal: Develop speed camera policies that appropriately balance the need for
traffic safety and for assuring that civil fines do not unfairly burden those
of limited financial means.
21) Create a poverty exemption/fine reduction program for recipients of speed
camera tickets, whereby if an individual’s income falls below a certain
amount (proposed to be 150% of the federal poverty limit), their fine for
speeding tickets issued via speed camera is excused. Models for how this
could look are included in the footnotes.10
22) The establishment of additional speed camera zones should be the subject
of properly noticed public engagement and focused on areas with high rates of
traffic accidents.
I think this section of Philadelphia qualifies under #22. It's more complex
because it's a state highway.
Lauren
Philadelphia
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 2:10 AM jjl27@xxxxxxxx <jjl27@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Speeding on Phil. Ave down to PB Rd from Takoma Ave has been a problem for
years. After several down hill car crashes into people's front yards on that
stretch, metal crash barriers were installed near Baltimore Ave. Once a
WMATA bus even crashed on the way down to PB. I think a speed camera might
be the best way to slow traffic. There's one on Ethan Allen heading toward
NH Blvd and that's a totally flat portion of 410. Baltimore Jay
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