Phoenix City Council Approves Automated Enforcement Safety Program

​​Program Aimed to Change Driver Behavior, Increase Safety​

This week, Phoenix City Council approved the Automated Enforcement Safety Program as part of the Citywide Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan. The program will add fixed red light running cameras to ten intersections in Phoenix in its first year. The program will also include four mobile vehicle and four portable tower speed enforcement cameras.

"The Automated Enforcement Safety Program will be a valuable tool in our efforts to increase roadway safety," said Phoenix Vice Mayor Debra Stark. "As Chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning City Council Subcommittee, I am proud that we are moving forward with a program that will continue our work in preventing traffic fatalities while complementing the work of our Vision Zero Plan and without requiring additional staffing from Phoenix Police."

The locations for the fixed devices will be determined based on data, focusing on intersections with a high number of serious and fatal injuries and those involving pedestrians. The eight mobile devices can be rotated to meet the City's needs and will be placed in corridors that have high instances of speed-related crashes, known high-speeding areas, or within school zones.

The program is aimed to change driver behavior, supplement traffic enforcement efforts by Phoenix Police, and complement the City's other Vision Zero strategies. When operational, the program will include a 30-day warning period where violators will be sent warning notices in lieu of citations. The City will conduct an awareness campaign to educate the public on roadway safety in an effort to change driver behavior and meet the program goals to reduce speeding, reduce red light running, and reduce the number of collisions and their severity.

The program is focused on increasing roadway safety and is not intended to generate revenue. It will operate on a cost-recovery system where the revenue offsets the costs to City staff and vendors. Should there be net revenue, it will be invested into City traffic safety programs. The Street Transportation and Police Departments will also conduct a semi-annual review of the most recent crash data and develop a report on the performance of the program. [

As the first step in launching the program, the Street Transportation Department will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) by spring 2025. The program is anticipated to be operational by fall 2025. Updates will be available at Phoenix.gov/Streets.​

About the Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan
In September 2022, Phoenix City Council unanimously approved the comprehensive Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan and the allocation of $10 million in annual funding for its implementation. The plan improves safety on Phoenix roadways for all users and includes measures to evaluate, engineer, enforce and educate residents about traffic safety. Learn more at Phoenix.gov/RoadSafety.