Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that it will distribute approximately $17.4 million in Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) funding to support five safety projects in the City of Philadelphia. These projects are in line with the Shapiro Administration’s focus on making travel safer for everyone, whether they drive a car, ride a bike, walk, or take public transit.
“Dangerous driver behavior – like speeding – makes everyone on the road less safe,” said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “This program aims to discourage speeding and change people’s behavior, and invest those funds back in the community, in projects that help keep everyone safe.”
Act 86 of 2018 authorized Pennsylvania’s ASE pilot program on Roosevelt Blvd. (U.S. Route 1) in Philadelphia between Ninth St. and the Bucks County line. Under this program, the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) installed automated speed enforcement at eight locations where data shows speeding has been an issue. PennDOT administers a Transportation Enhancement Grants Program using the fines from the ASE pilot program.
This investment brings the total dollars awarded through the ASE funding program to $72.8 million since the program began in 2021.
The following approved projects are all located in the City of Philadelphia:
- $1 million for Roosevelt Blvd. Parallel Corridor Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Pre-Development. This program will fund the concept and preliminary design of traffic safety improvements along Roosevelt Blvd. using federal HSIP funds. Work will be conducted at priority corridors Bustleton Ave. (from Winchester Ave. to County Line Rd.) and Whitaker Ave./B St. (from Venango St. to Roosevelt Blvd.).
- $5 million to complete design and construction for selected projects in the vicinity of Roosevelt Blvd. for a Speed Cushion Program on City-owned streets. Speed cushions are rounded raised areas of asphalt, similar to speed humps, which have been shown to reduce speeds.
- $7 million for Roosevelt Blvd. Parallel Corridor Transit Priority. Funds will support design and construction of the intersection modifications on Olney Ave. between Broad St. and Rising Sun Ave., including bus boarding islands (including curb, sidewalk, and stormwater modifications), street lighting, pavement marking and signing, signal modifications and upgrades to improve transit access in this area.
- $3.4 million for Roosevelt Blvd. Parallel Corridor Intersection Modifications. Funds will support design and construction for intersection improvement at three to four locations, which will be determined by project viability, crash data, and funding gaps for projects currently underway. Possible locations include Castor Ave. (from Van Kirk St. to Cottman Ave.), Rising Sun Ave. (from Van Kirk St. to Cottman Ave.), and Adams Ave. (from Rising Sun Ave. to Roosevelt Blvd.). This project will help to slow traffic at intersections, improve visibility between drivers and pedestrians, and improve safety by reducing the time it takes for pedestrians to cross.
- $1 million to support expansion of the City of Philadelphia’s Automated Speed Enforcement Program. The City is partnering with Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) to expand the ASE program to other corridors with high levels of speed-related crashes.
For more information, visit the traffic signals page under “Travel In PA” at www.pa.gov/penndot, or email ARLE@pa.gov.
MEDIA CONTACT: Alexis Campbell, 717-783-8800 or alecampbel@pa.gov
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