Cameras have significantly reduced speeding on Broad Street and Roosevelt Boulevard while wrongly ticketed drivers are being refunded more than $1.2 million, according to a new report from the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA). Léelo en español aquí Speed cameras were first implemented o n Roosevelt Boulevard – considered by many to be one of the most dangerous roads in Philadelphia – in 2020. Then in December 2023, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill allowing speed camera enforcement to expand to five additional corridors. Those locations include Broad Street, PA State Route 13, and five Philadelphia schools. There are currently 79 speed cameras at 30 different locations across the city, according to the PPA. A newly released speed camera report included several significant takeaways. Broad Street speed cameras The warning period for speed cameras on Broad Street began on Sept. 15, 2025, and enforcement then began on Nov. 14, 2025. According to the PPA’s report, the speed cameras led to 464,361 warning notices and 335,294 live violations on Broad Street between September 2025 and March 2026. As more motorists became familiar with the speed cameras, however, the violations on Broad Street declined from a peak of 213,057 in October 2025 to 70,498 in March 2026, a 67% drop. Wrongly ticketed motorists In January 2026, the PPA discovered the speed camera enforcement location on 6500 North Broad Street southbound was missing the sign displaying the posted speed limit of 25 mph as well as the sign notifying motorists that the location was under speed camera enforcement. The PPA said the missing signs were reported and requested to be reinstalled. However, the reinstallation was delayed due to major weather events and ongoing construction in the area, according to the PPA. Despite this, the speed cameras at the location were never turned off until April 22, 2026, leading to 23,195 false violation reports. Owners of the wrongly ticketed vehicles were later notified of the mistake through the mail and the false violations were dismissed, the PPA said. However, before the PPA identified the error, 12,214 false violations were already processed for a total of $1,252,798.75, according to the PPA. The PPA said they are currently refunding the wrongly ticketed motorists who made payments and the signs were reinstalled at the location on April 29, 2026. The PPA also said they updated standard operating procedures and policies to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future. Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras The PPA also said Roosevelt Boulevard continued to see a sharp decline in speeding with a 95% drop in violations between the program’s first month of operation in 2020 and November 2025. The boulevard also saw an average decline in violations of 26% per month compared to the previous year. Vehicles traveling more than 100 miles per hour on the boulevard continued to decline, according to the report. The PPA also said the most common violation for motorists on the boulevard and Broad Street involved vehicles traveling 11 to 19 miles per hour above the posted speed limit. In all, Pennsylvania-registered vehicles accounted for the largest number of violations across both corridors, with Philadelphia residents representing about 56% of Roosevelt Boulevard violations and 59% of Broad Street violations. Speed cameras at 5 Philly schools The PPA implemented speed cameras at Widener Memorial Elementary School, John B. Stetson Middle School, High School of the Future, William L. Sayer High School and KIPP North Philadelphia Charter School as part of the School Zone Enforcement Pilot Program. The warning period began on Feb. 18, 2026, and live enforcement started on April 20, 2026. The PPA said the reporting period was limited to February and March 2026 due to the initiative only recently being established. They said a more comprehensive evaluation for the school zone enforcement program will be included in next year’s annual report. Based on early results, Philadelphia residents accounted for 71% of school zone violators, according to the PPA. Fake license plates The PPA also said they saw an increase in motorists who used fake, missing, temporary, altered or covered license plates in order to bypass the speed cameras. Those activities accounted for about 2.6% of speed camera violations, according to the report. The future of speed camera enforcement The speed camera program is expanding to Pa. State Route 13 with the first phase in Northeast Philadelphia after completing a warning period in June 2026. The program will also expand to Pa. State Routes 2016, 1004, and 2001 in the future, according to the PPA. Officials also announced $13 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) grant funding for six Philadelphia safety initiatives. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less