Last week, SEPTA announced that, though a partnership with the Philadelphia Parking Authority and the city’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Systems, it had installed AI-powered cameras in 30 trolleys across the city. And, starting Monday, cameras on SEPTA trolleys serving Lines T1 through T5, along with the G1 route, go live, slapping illegally parked vehicles with warnings during a 60-day period before fines are fully implemented on April, 1, 2026. When the 60-day warning period ends, officials said, drivers of vehicles caught in violation by the cameras will be slapped with $51 fees. These automated enforcement cameras, officials have said, are intended to “identify vehicles illegally blocking trolley lanes and stopping zones.” SEPTA Feb 26 SEPTA trolleys to get AI-powered ticketing cameras, just like buses nbc10 investigators Feb 9 AI-powered cameras on SEPTA buses have led to thousands of tickets SEPTA Oct 12, 2023 SEPTA AI cameras catch over 36,000 vehicles parked illegally in bus lanes The program expands a similar program that put ticketing cameras on over 150 buses throughout the city that was launched last year. Since the launch of that program, the NBC10 Investigators found these cameras have issued over 112,000 tickets. Officials have said that trained PPA enforcement officers will manually review all violations before issuing warnings or $51 citations. ...read more read less