After years of advocating at City Hall and in Sacramento, San Francisco will finally have speed safety cameras operating on our streets this month.
33 speed cameras were installed across the city in the last couple of weeks and will be turned on starting March 20, 2025.
We are excited to see speed cameras installed at several intersections on major bicycle thoroughfares, including: Fulton and Arguello, Sloat and Skyline, Ocean and Frida Kahlo, Geneva and Prague, and Embarcadero and Green.
We know that speeding is the number one cause of fatalities and serious injury on San Francisco’s streets and is especially lethal for vulnerable road users like seniors and children. Just in the past couple of months we’ve seen several collisions at Fulton and Arguello that were a direct result of speeding and in 2024 there was a pedestrian fatality at this intersection. This pilot program will encourage drivers to slow down and make them more aware of their speed.
Any violations given out in the first 60 days will all be warnings; after that, fines will be given to any vehicle speeding 11 miles per hour or more over the speed limit. Citations will start at $50 and go up to $500 for the most egregious speeding (100 mph over the limit).
Assembly Bill 645 (AB 645), the law that permitted the pilot program, passed in California’s congress in October 2023. For the past year, the City has worked to obtain final approvals, hire a contractor and manage all the details to install the cameras. AB 645 allows 6 California cities to pilot this program for 5 years and San Francisco is the first city to turn their cameras on.
Speed safety cameras are a proven tool to reduce speeding and severe and fatal injuries on our streets. Finally, San Francisco can use this life-saving technology to slow down speeding vehicles on our streets and save lives.
