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Axios
30-07-2025
- Automotive
- Axios
Richmond wants you to know where people are speeding most
Richmond is giving the public access to its speed data dashboard. Why it matters: The city uses it to direct traffic engineers and planners where to focus their attention, and now they want drivers to use it to make safer choices. The big picture: It's part of the city's years-long effort to make Richmond streets safer through its Vision Zero plan. Richmond has ramped up its safer street efforts in recent years in response to surging pedestrian deaths by adding school zone speed cameras and traffic calming measures, like back-in angle parking. The dashboard has existed for about a year, and Mayor Danny Avula decided to make it public as part of his administration's "commitment to transparency." How it works: The data is compiled from locals' cell phone and car GPS systems, per a news release last week. It'll tell you where people are speeding in the city and how fast they're going. Take Semmes Avenue in South Richmond, where the posted speed limit is 30 mph. Per the dashboard, 85% of drivers there are going 31 mph or less. It's a different story over on the Fan's busy West Main Street, where the speed limit is 25 mph. Only 50% are hitting 26 mph or less. The intrigue: The dashboard doesn't just show speeders. If you click around, you can find the places in town where drivers are crawling through the city. Take West Grace Street in the Fan, which, like Main, is pedestrian-heavy, but unlike Main, has narrower streets and more traffic-calming measures, like four-way stops. There, the posted speed limit is also 25 mph, but 95% of drivers are clocking in at 18 mph or under. 50% are going 13 mph or under. Fun fact: 13 mph is just one tick higher than a " gentle breeze," per the National Weather Service. Caveat: The dashboard shows the most recent two-month view available and will be updated monthly with new data from the vendor, city spokesperson Paige Hairston tells Axios. What they're saying: "The noteworthy observation is the strong overlap between the High Injury Network and the streets with high speeds. People driving in Richmond need to slow down," she adds. Zoom out: To visualize the impact of speeding and how it can make streets more dangerous, the city last week unveiled a 54-foot ladder at the Diamond.
CBS News
18-06-2025
- CBS News
Oakland leaders approve automated speed cameras for 18 locations across city
City leaders in Oakland have approved a program to install automated speed cameras in over a dozen locations, in an effort to improve traffic safety. Officials announced Wednesday that a total of 35 cameras will be installed at 18 locations in the city's "High-Injury Network", the 8% of city streets that account for 60% of the city's severe and fatal collisions. Since 2020, the city has experienced an average of more than 33 traffic fatalities each year. "Too many Oaklanders are being hurt or killed because of dangerous speeding," Mayor Barbara Lee said in a statement. "This program is a smart, life-saving step forward and brings us closer to streets where everyone can travel safely." Oakland becomes the second city in the state to implement automated speed cameras, after San Francisco, following the passage of Assembly Bill 645 in the state legislature. "The new speed camera safety program marks a much-needed shift for the streets of Oakland, where too many lives have been lost due to reckless speeding," said Josh Rowan, director of the Oakland Department of Transportation or OakDOT. Officials said similar programs in other large cities have led up to a 94% reduction in speeding in locations with the technology. List of proposed speed camera locations: Martin Luther King Junior Way (between 42nd and 43rd streets) Claremont Avenue (Between Hillegass Avenue and College Avenue) Foothill Boulevard (Between Irving Street and 24th Avenue) Foothill Boulevard (Between 19th and 20th avenues) 7th Street (Between Adeline and Linden streets) West Grand (Between Chestnut and Linden streets) Broadway (Between 26th and 27th streets) San Pablo Avenue (Between Athens and Sycamore streets) 7th Street (Between Broadway and Franklin Street) Macarthur Boulevard (Between Green Acre Road and Enos Avenue) Fruitvale Avenue (Between Galindo Street and Logan Street) International Boulevard (Between 40th and 41st avenues) Hegenberger Road (Between Spencer and Hawley) 73rd Avenue (Between Fresno and Krause) Bancroft Avenue (Between 86th Avenue and Auseon Avenue) 98th Avenue (Between Blake Drive and Gould Street) 98th Avenue (Between Cherry and Birch) Bancroft Avenue (Between 65th and 66th avenues) Following a 60-day period where drivers will only receive warnings, the cameras will issue citations starting at $50 for drivers caught traveling 11 to 15 mph over the speed limit. Fines up to $500 may be assessed for the most egregious speeders. Under AB645, low-income drivers can receive reduced fees. The legislation also requires that only the rear license plate of speeding vehicles will be captured along with strict data policies. Officials said the speed cameras are expected to be installed before the end of 2025. A public education campaign about the cameras is expected to start by late summer.
Indianapolis Star
28-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
These are the deadliest roads in Fishers
Speeding, aggressive driving and red-light running were major safety concerns for Fishers commuters, who also say a shortage of street lights and safe intersection crossings make driving dangerous. The findings were in a survey conducted by the city as it prepares to apply for a federal Safe Streets For All grant. The government requires public input and a crash analysis of the most dangerous streets in the city to qualify for the money. Large majorities of more than 700 people participating in the survey said they thought distracted and impaired driving were major causes for car accidents, along with unsafe pedestrian crossings on the busy streets. But the respondents were about evenly split on whether they supported 'road diets,' which are a reduction in travel lanes, to slow down speeders. Large majorities, however, are in favor of 'traffic calming,' features, like raised crosswalks, with an equal number supporting roundabouts as safety measures. The Department of Transportation required the city to identify its most dangerous roads in a High Injury Network map and supply fatality and crash data on them. Fishers found that 22 of 24 deaths in a five-year period — 2019 through 2023 — happened on seven streets. Police said 30% of the accidents were caused by failure to yield right-of-way and 22% were because of distracted driving. The study did not include crashes on State Road 37 and I-69. The deadliest streets, ranked by the number of fatalities, in the report were: Fatalities: 5. Injuries: 40. Crashes: 64. Length: 8.3 miles. Crashes per mile: 7.7. Fatalities: 4. Injuries: 27. Crashes: 18. Miles: 4.2. Crashes per mile: 4.3. Fatalities: 4. Injuries: 30. Crashes: 23. Miles: 5.5 Crashes per mile: 4.2. Fatalities: 3. Injuries: 23. Crashes:14. Miles: 4.8. Crashes per mile: 2.9. Fatalities: 2. Injuries: 40. Crashes: 29. Miles: 5.8. Crashes per mile: 5. Fatalities: 2. Injuries: 8. Crashes. 5. Miles: 2. Crashes per mile: 2.5.
