Drivers speeding through red lights in parts of Pittsburgh will soon receive tickets through an automated camera system to be installed this winter at several intersections.
“This will change the way people drive in the city,” Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, said Tuesday, adding the new system is meant to make pedestrians feel safer.
Officials with the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure told City Council members ahead of a preliminary vote last week they want to use the cameras at the following intersections:
- North Dallas & Penn Avenues in Point Breeze
- General Robinson & Anderson Streets in North Shore
- Negley & Fifth Avenues at the border of Shadyside and Squirrel Hill
- West End Bridge & Route 65 in Chateau
- Saw Mill Run Boulevard & Woodruff Street at the border of Mt. Washington and West End
- Browns Hill Road & Parkview Boulevard in Squirrel Hill South
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will need to approve the locations…