Overview
- Beginning March 15, the city shifts from a five-week warning period to mailed citations under its automated speed-camera pilot.
- Oakland deployed 35 cameras at 18 high-injury corridors under state law AB 645, which authorizes up to five-year pilots.
- During the warning phase, cameras issued 140,445 notices to 73,849 license plates, representing about 1.5% of passing vehicles, with roughly two-thirds of warnings going to repeat offenders and 11 drivers topping 30 warnings each.
- Citations range from $50 to $500 based on speed over the limit, count as non-moving violations, include reduced fines for low-income drivers, and are administered by contractor Verra Mobility via mail.
- Hot spots included 73rd Avenue and Broadway, most speeders were 11–15 mph over the limit except on Foothill Boulevard where the average was 19 mph over, and the city plans further data releases this summer as San Francisco reports reductions at its own camera sites.