An Automated Speed Camera Pilot Program in Minneapolis Reduced Speeding by Approximately 30 Percent and Extreme Speeding by 76 Percent after One Month of Operations at Five High-Risk Locations.
A Before–and–After Pilot Evaluation Compared Pre-Installation and First-Month Speed Data at Five Automated Enforcement Locations in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Minneapolis traffic safety cameras show 30% reduction in high-risk speeds on city streets
Summary Information
Automated traffic-safety camera enforcement was deployed to improve roadway safety and reduce high-risk speeding on urban streets as part of broader traffic safety initiatives. The City of Minneapolis implemented a traffic safety camera pilot program that installed automated enforcement cameras at five high-risk locations across the City to monitor and deter unsafe speeding behavior. The pilot began operations on October 1, 2025, initially operating under a warnings-only period before transitioning to citation issuance. Early results from the first month of deployment was evaluated.
METHODOLOGY
An assessment was conducted to evaluate the safety impacts of the automated speed camera pilot using data from the first month of operations. Key performance measures included observed vehicle speed and the rate of drivers traveling 10 miles per hour or more, and 20 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit, representing high-risk speeding behavior. These measures were calculated for the post-installation period and compared against corresponding data from the pre-installation baseline.
FINDINGS
Across all five camera-equipped locations during the first month of operations, the automated speed enforcement pilot demonstrated substantial reductions in high-risk speeding behavior.
- The rate of drivers traveling 10 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit decreased by approximately 30 percent compared to the pre-installation period.
- The rate of drivers traveling 20 miles per hour or more above the speed limit declined by 76 percent, indicating a significant reduction in extreme speeding behavior. In addition, compliance levels were high, with approximately 98 percent of drivers not recorded as violating the traffic safety camera thresholds.
