just_start_doing_it OP t1_j3rpqwm wrote on January 10, 2023 at 4:56 PM

Reply to comment by jlivingood in Inky: "Crashes are down 36% on Roosevelt Blvd., thanks to speed cameras" by just_start_doing_it

Call your city council member and tell them that

RoverTheMonster t1_j3vpz09 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 11:47 AM

There was a meeting with police in fairmount last night and a resident brought up this issue of speeding on Kelly Drive, and the police said exactly that: email and call Darrell Clark’s office about it and don’t stop until the cameras go up. I guess that’s how cameras were finally installed along Girard Ave in Brewerytown

(FWIW, I don’t really believe the police, but clearly the squeaky wheel gets the grease in Philly)

mistersausage t1_j3wm361 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 3:59 PM

There are no speed cameras on Girard. The only speed cameras in the city are on the boulevard (other than possible mobile work zone speed cameras).

Speed cameras are illegal in Pennsylvania, so adding them requires a law to be passed by the state legislature.

RoverTheMonster t1_j3wxjv1 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Sorry — I got this wrong (duh). I meant the white safety cameras 29th and 27th to keep an eye on those corners for public safety, not traffic

ConfiaEnElProceso t1_j3tspxr wrote on January 11, 2023 at 12:38 AM

Is this subject to the whims of council and the tyranny of councilmanic prerogative? My understanding was that it was not.