New Speed Cameras Going Up in the D.C. District

WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia is adding to its speed camera program in a significant way. The city has added more new cameras, expanding a program that already brings in more than $10 million a year from drivers.
AAA's Lon Anderson joined FOX 5 to talk about the effect the cameras have on drivers and DC's budget.
Here are the new locations:
• 1900 block of Foxhall Road NW, north and south bound directions, 25 mph,
• 2800 block of Calvert Street NW, east bound, 25 mph.
• 2300 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, south bound, 25 mph.
• 100 block of Florida Avenue NW, east and west bound, 25 mph.
• 4200 block of South Capitol SW, south bound, 25 mph.
• 2300 block of Porter Street NW, east and west bound, 30 mph.
• Canal Road NW .3 miles south of Arizona Avenue NW, north and south bound directions, 35 mph.
• DC-295 NE at Benning Road overpass, north bound, 45 mph.
• DC-295 SW .7 miles south of Exit 1, north and south bound, 50 mph.
Initially, violators will receive warning citations during the thirty-day educational phase which began Monday. Starting on December 21, MPD will issue live moving citations to violators.


AAA has designated Washington a "strict enforcement area" and warns drivers to slow down in the city.


This is the second time in three months that the city has expanded the speed camera program.


"It's amazing that one minute Police Chief Cathy Lanier is reminding us how safe the city is, how fatalities have dropped, but then adds 28 new speed camera sites this year alone," said AAA's Lon Anderson.


Lanier responded to the criticism saying she finds it "astounding that AAA Mid-Atlantic would criticize a program that has been successful in reducing traffic deaths."


Lanier said the District appreciates the designation as "strict enforcement area" because it encourages drivers to slow down and obey traffic laws.


Anderson said the speed cameras are more a source for revenue than a safety tool. He cites a study by Howard University that finds motorists are obeying speed limits in almost 70 percent of the monitored locations across the city where speed cameras and radar guns are not in use.


1. 1900 block of Independence Avenue SE east bound – speed limit 25 mph
2. Military Road .2 miles west of the 16th Street ramp NW southwest bound – speed limit 35 mph
3. Military Road .1 miles prior to 17th Street NW northeast bound – speed limit 35 mph
4. 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE northeast bound – speed limit 30 mph
5. 1800 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE southwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
6. 4000 block of East Capitol Street NE west bound – speed limit 35 mph
7. 4000 block of East Capitol Street SE east bound – speed limit 35 mph
8. 800 block of Ridge Road SE southeast bound – speed limit 25 mph
9. 600 block of Southern Avenue SE southwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
10. 1400 block of Southern Avenue SE southwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
11. 1900 block of Branch Avenue SE north bound – speed limit 25 mph
12. 1900 block of Branch Avenue SE south bound – speed limit 25 mph
13. 1100 block of Bladensburg Road NE northeast bound – speed limit 30 mph
14. 1100 block of Bladensburg Road NE southwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
15. 200 block of 19th Street SE north bound – speed limit 25 mph
16. 4800 block of Connecticut Avenue NW northwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
17. 4900 block of Connecticut Avenue NW southeast bound – speed limit 30 mph
18. 600 block of Missouri Avenue NW northwest bound – speed limit 30 mph
19. 600 block of Missouri Avenue NW southeast bound – speed limit 30 mph

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