The Metropolitan Police Department announced today the deployment of new automated speed enforcement locations beginning on or after May 7, 2012.
The deployment locations for the Photo Enforcement Units will continue to be at sites with the highest number of crashes and injuries, calls for police service, and high speed volume. MPD also considered recommendations or requests from the Department of Transportation, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and civic or citizen associations.
The 30-day educational phase will commence on May 7, 2012, when violators will begin receiving warning citations. On June 6, 2012, MPD will begin issuing live moving citations to violators. The new photo enforcement locations are as follows:
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Location |
Speed Limit |
| Southwest Frwy SW @ Exit 4 westbound | 40mph |
| I395 SW after Exit 4 eastbound | 40mph |
| 400 blk 14th St SW northbound | 35mph |
| 200 blk 17th St NE southbound | 25mph |
| 800 blk Maine Ave SW northwestbound | 25mph |
| 1300 blk 4th St SW southbound | 25mph |
| 9th St Tunnel NW southbound | 35mph |
| 3000 blk Foxhall Rd NW southbound | 25mph |
| 1800 blk Harvard St NW northwestbound | 25mph |
| 7600 blk Georgia Ave NW southbound | 30mph |
| 4800 blk Georgia Ave NW southbound | 30mph |
| 1700 blk North Portal Dr NW southwestbound | 25mph |
| 2800 blk Bladensburg Rd NE southwestbound | 30mph |
| 3100 blk Bladensburg Rd NE northeastbound | 30mph |
| 2200 blk South Dakota Ave NE southeastbound | 25mph |
| S. Dakota Ave NE westbound prior to V St | 25mph |
| 700 blk Franklin St NE westbound | 25mph |
| 1400 blk New York Ave NE northeastbound | 35mph |
| 1500 blk West Virginia Ave NE northeastbound | 25mph |
| 2000 blk West Virginia Ave NE southwestbound | 25mph |
| 3100 blk Minnesota Ave SE southwestbound | 25mph |
| 3000 blk Minnesota Ave SE northeastbound | 25mph |
| 3700 blk Massachusetts Ave SE southeastbound | 25mph |
| 3900 blk Pennsylvania Ave SE southeastbound | 30mph |
| 4300 blk Texas Ave SE southbound | 25mph |
| 4800 blk Texas Ave SE northbound | 25mph |
| 5000 blk Sheriff Rd NE westbound | 30mph |
For more information about automated traffic enforcement in the District of Columbia, go to
http://mpdc.dc.gov/automatedenforcement
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“MPD also considered recommendations or requests from the Department of Transportation, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and civic or citizen associations.”
These devices would improve the pedestrian experience along Benning Road by calming interstate thru-traffic, and will be needed even more once the streetcar system comes online and there are more pedestrian crossings to access the platform stops. By
calming motor vehicle traffic, I believe such devices would also promote retail shops in the area by improving their visual exposure to motorists, and creating safer traffic conditions for parallel parking of cars, and safer turns to and from cross streets.