Toronto adds 75 Automated Speed Enforcement cameras throughout city

[Vinson]

I like more those signs that tell you your speed, even if you're not a speeder sometimes you can find yourself going faster.


In December 2024, Toronto City Council approved the installation of additional cameras, bringing the total number to 150.

The City says ASE cameras are installed in Community Safety Zones to help enhance safety for the most vulnerable road users, including children and seniors.

The original 75 ASE cameras were evenly distributed between wards with most being mobile and rotated regularly to address more areas with safety concerns and provide a wider-ranging deterrent effect.

The 75 new cameras have been installed using a data-driven approach that considers vehicle speed and collision history city-wide, rather than being evenly distributed between wards, to target locations with the most problematic vehicle speeds.

Up to 25 of the new cameras will be converted to permanent pole-mounted systems to address vandalism while others will remain mobile to help deter speeding in different areas.

“The cameras will help us remind drivers to reduce their speed and keep everyone safer on our roads,” Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said in a statement released Wednesday.

“Our goal is for no drivers to get a fine for speeding, but that’s only possible if everyone sticks to the speed limit and follows the road rules,” she said. “These new Automated Speed Enforcement devices will make our roads safer for families across the city.”

Toronto adds 75 Automated Speed Enforcement cameras throughout city

Toronto has announced 75 new Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras are now installed to help remind motorists to reduce speed

torontosun.com

 

[wigglee]

is there an app to identify those cams? The speed limit is just too low at 30

 

[optimusprime69]

Cha ching!

 

[Anbarandy]

This is great news.

 

[Burldude]

is there an app to identify those cams? The speed limit is just too low at 30

What should the speed limit be in residential street with bunch of kids playing and biking on those streets?

These cameras only exist for idiots speeding.

 

[Leimonis]

is there an app to identify those cams? The speed limit is just too low at 30

Waze

 

[wigglee]

What should the speed limit be in residential street with bunch of kids playing and biking on those streets?

These cameras only exist for idiots speeding.

I'd say the speed limits are about 10 k too low all round in T.O.

 

[K Douglas]

City of Toronto war on drivers continues.

 

[Anbarandy]

City of Toronto war on drivers continues.

Good!

 

[jeff2]

Now go after the motorcycles and cars with modified mufflers.

 

[K Douglas]

Good!

 

[dirkd101]

They are in Community Safety Zones because this doubles the fine. Let's face it, they're not there for safety reasons, they're strictly a money collection device. If they were put in for safety reasons, they would install them about 50-70 yards from signaled intersections, to catch people speeding up to run red lights. That, and they would add more red light cameras. Toronto is a crap city, hating on cars.

 

[nottyboi]

speed cam locations
they change from time to time

 

[dirkd101]

You say that like it's a bad thing. We have the choice whether to speed or not. If you choose to speed, you help me avoid more property tax hikes.

I agree with you, fully, about speeding being a choice. It's the placement of the cameras that is of issue, in that it has everything to do with a tax collection of sorts, and nothing to do with safety, as they claim.

Signaled intersections are some of the most dangerous places on the road.

Toronto taxes are another issue, that I will not address here.

 

[Mythos]

Wasn't it reported recently that 70% of the revenue collected goes to the US supplier to install and maintain the cameras?
These cameras are strictly a cash grab. One radar car on Parkside Dr once in a while would be much more effective in reducing speeds.