The city was allowed to install speed cameras as part of a five-year pilot program approved by California in 2023.
San Francisco, the first California city to install traffic cameras, saw an almost 80% drop in speeding since the start of the program, reports James Salazar in the San Francisco Examiner.
In the areas where speed cameras were installed, only 2% of drivers are now exceeding the posted speed limit by 10 miles per hour or more, a 9% decrease from before the cameras were there.
According to Salazar, a report from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency found that 65% of drivers who received a citation did not reoffend. "According to the report, the camera next to Joe DiMaggio Playground and the North Beach Branch Library on Columbus Avenue saw the biggest decrease in speeding — a 98% reduction."
The results of an 18-month evaluation of the program could result in the relocation of cameras or an increase in their numbers. The cameras were installed after California passed Assembly Bill 645, which authorized San Francisco and five other cities to create a five-year speed camera pilot program.
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