Today, Mayor Olivia Chow announced that 75 new Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras are now installed to help remind motorists to reduce their speed, as part of the City of Toronto’s ongoing work to improve road safety.
In December 2024, Toronto City Council approved the installation of an additional 75 ASE cameras this year, bringing the total number to 150. ASE cameras are installed in Community Safety Zones, helping to enhance safety for the most vulnerable road users including children and seniors.
ASE is one tool in the City’s toolkit to mitigate the road safety risks associated with speeding vehicles. When motorists are travelling at higher speeds, their reaction time and stopping distance are shorter, increasing the risk and severity of collisions.
The original 75 ASE cameras are evenly distributed between wards. Most are mobile and rotate regularly to address more areas with safety concerns and provide a wider-ranging deterrent effect.
The 75 new cameras are 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 and provide the greatest safety benefit.
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.
About Automated Speed Enforcement
ASE is an automated system that uses a camera and a speed measurement device to detect and capture images of speeding vehicles. Images are reviewed by Provincial Offence Officers before violation notices are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who was driving. Upon conviction, a fine is issued under the administrative penalty system.
ASE is designed to work in tandem with other strategies, including engineering measures, education initiatives and police enforcement, to help alter driver behaviour, decrease speeds and keep all road users safer.
In 2023, a study by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) found Toronto’s ASE devices were effective in significantly reducing the number of vehicles speeding and in reducing overall vehicle speeds.
More information about the ASE program including the study’s findings is available on the City’s Automated Speed Enforcement website.
Information about Community Safety Zones is on the City’s Community Safety Zones – Vision Zero
website.
Monthly ASE ticket data is available (under the “download” tab) on the City’s OpenData portal.
Quotes:
“The cameras will help us remind drivers to reduce their speed and keep everyone safer on our roads. 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. These new Automated Speed Enforcement devices will make our roads safer for families across the city.”
– Mayor Olivia Chow
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