Speeding has dropped 65 percent in Chicago neighborhoods where Automated Speed Enforcement systems have been installed.
City of Chicago's experience with implementing automated speed enforcement
Date Posted
02/20/2014
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States
Identifier
2014-B00896
Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras Effective in Reducing Speeding
Summary Information
The City of Chicago installed automated speed enforcement (ASE) systems in four neighborhoods parks. The City has a chronic problem of excessive speeding around neighborhood parks and schools and ASE is a technology that can help change the culture of speeding in order to increase safety in these areas.
The City of Chicago has designated Children's Safety Zones in areas within 1/8 mile of a school or park. Automated Speed Enforcement is one tool in the toolbox of pedestrian enhancements and vehicle-speed-reduction measures the City uses within these safety zones.
RESULTS
In the first week of warning notices, each of the nine cameras captured a daily average of 507 vehicles speeding 10 mph or more over the speed limit.
RESULTS
In the first week of warning notices, each of the nine cameras captured a daily average of 507 vehicles speeding 10 mph or more over the speed limit.
- By the third week of issuing tickets, the daily average of speeding dropped to 175, a reduction of more than 65 percent.
Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras Effective in Reducing Speeding
Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras Effective in Reducing Speeding
Source Publication Date
11/20/2013
Publisher
City of Chicago
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Traffic Management »
Speed Warning and Enforcement (TM17)
Goal Areas
Deployment Locations
