Evaluating the Effectiveness of Speed Cameras on Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard

Author:

Guerra Erick1ORCID,Puchalsky Christopher2,Kovalova Nata1,Hu Yihong1ORCID,Si Qi1,Tan Jiamin1,Zhao Gillian1

Affiliation:

1. University of Pennsylvania, Department of City and Regional Planning, Philadelphia, PA

2. City of Philadelphia, Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, Philadelphia, PA

Abstract

This paper employs Bayesian negative binomial and Poisson models to examine the effectiveness of speed cameras at reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on and immediately around Roosevelt Boulevard, a particularly dangerous urban arterial in Philadelphia, PA. Camera installation also coincided with rapidly changing traffic safety outcomes throughout the summer after COVID-19 lockdowns and protests against police violence. To find the most appropriate control segments for our analysis, we use k-means clustering to identify the five most similar roadways. Compared with these roadways and other geographic controls, the treated sections of Roosevelt Boulevard experienced decreased crashes, injuries, and fatalities after camera installation. These decreases are on the high end of what is found in the academic literature on speed cameras. The findings for total crashes, traffic injuries, fatalities, and pedestrian injuries are statistically different from zero with a high degree of confidence. Differences in pedestrian fatalities are statistically different from zero with 90% confidence. Based on our findings, we recommend that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and City of Philadelphia extend and expand the automated speed enforcement pilot. Estimates of the economic benefits of reduced crashes substantially exceed the total fines paid by violators. Despite this positive safety effect, additional treatments will be required to make Roosevelt Boulevard substantially safer. The roadway still accounts for around 8% of all traffic fatalities in Philadelphia.

Funder

U.S. Department of Transportation

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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