Warning period ends Monday for PPA's school zone speed camera pilot program

After a sixty-day warning period, drivers who violate speed cameras — that are part of a new Philadelphia Parking Authority program to place cameras in five areas considered “high-priority” — at school zones throughout the city will face fines.

According to officials with the PPA, five school-zones across the city were selected based on crash data from 2019–2023, which recorded 10 fatal or serious-injury crashes and 25 pedestrian crashes across these locations.

A warning period for those who violate these cameras began back in February and, on Monday, drivers who violate the cameras at the five locations selected by the PPA will begin to face fines.

Though, in a recent announcement, PPA officials did not say how much the ticket penalty would cost.

In a statement, officials said the new initiative aims to reduce traffic speeds and crashes to protect schoolchildren by deterring dangerous driving behaviors.

These targeted areas and incident data from 2019-2023 include:

John B. Stetson Middle School: E. Allegheny Ave. (A to B Streets)

• 5 serious injury crashes
• 4 pedestrian crashes
• 1 speeding related crash
• 2 crashes resulted in serious pedestrian injuries: one from 2021 and one from 2022.

KIPP North Philadelphia Charter School: N. 16th St. (Cumberland to Huntingdon)

• 1 serious injury crash
• 9 pedestrian crashes

Widener Memorial School: W. Olney Ave. (N. Broad to N. 16th)

• 1 fatal crash
• 5 pedestrian crashes
• 1 speeding related crash
• The fatal crash occurred in March 2023, at 11 a.m.. It was a pedestrian fatality crash at the Broad/Olney intersection.

High School of the Future: W. Girard Ave. (N. 39th to N. 40th)

• 2 serious injury crashes
• 3 pedestrian crashes
• 3 speeding related crash

William L. Sayre High School: Walnut St. (S. 58th to S. 59th)

• 1 serious injury crash
• 4 pedestrian crashes

PPA officials said violations will not result in points against a driver’s license.