Last year, the City of Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) released its Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Expansion 2024: Corridor Scoring and Methodology report in a May 2024 press release. The report outlined the methodology and selection of five recommended corridors.
Since then, the City had time to review additional crash data and speed data. Our goal is to use this ASE expansion opportunity in the most effective manner, which will ultimately save lives. So, our team reexamined the top 10 corridors identified in the initial report using the new data.
Following further analysis, the new data confirmed that State Route (SR) 611 and SR 13 remain the top two corridors that would benefit from the program. The evaluation did result in changes, which are outlined 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 acquired by OTIS. This included new crash data and speed data on the top 10 corridors identified in the initial 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 recap the changes, SR 1004 and SR 2001 have now replaced SR 3 (Chestnut Street/Walnut Street) and SR 291 (Penrose Avenue/Bartram Avenue/Moyamensing Avenue) on our proposed corridor list.
These updates to ASE expansion are part of the broader traffic safety improvement effort between Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and City Council.
Background on ASE
ASE cameras were first used by the City, in partnership with the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA), in 2020 along Roosevelt Boulevard in a pilot program permitted by the state legislature to curb speeding on Philadelphia’s most dangerous road. 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, and
- Allowed for implementation of a pilot program in five school zones.
In 2024, Mayor Cherelle L. 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. Implementation and launch of these two corridors are still underway. Currently, ASE cameras are only active on Roosevelt Boulevard.
In February 2025, City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas (At-Large) introduced Bill No. 250148 to enable ASE in seven school zones, though the state law limits the use of ASE cameras to five designated school zones at a given time. This bill passed out of City Council on Thursday, April 24.
