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Cyclist urges support for speed‑camera bill during Streets Committee hearing
Summary
A cyclist urged the committee to support bill 250770, a measure to expand speed cameras; his testimony framed automated enforcement as a consistent way to reduce speeding and protect road users.
A member of the public urged the Streets and Services Committee to support bill 250770, a proposal to expand speed cameras in Philadelphia.
Justin Greenendyke (identified in testimony as a cyclist and resident who commutes by bike and sometimes drives) told the committee he feels unsafe on routes selected for speed cameras and described speeding drivers as a public‑safety threat. Greenendyke said automated enforcement is “consistent and fair” compared with occasional police enforcement and invoked the aviation safety concept of “normalization of deviance” to argue that routine speeding becomes accepted until an avoidable tragedy occurs.
“I urge this council to support speed cameras,” Greenendyke said. “Your job, first of all, is to protect our lives.” He identified himself as a licensed commercial pilot and used that perspective to frame safety concerns.
The committee later read bill 250770 into the record and included it among the measures it reported to full council with a favorable recommendation; the transcript does not record additional committee debate specific to the speed‑camera bill during this hearing.
