PITTSBURGH — Drivers caught running red lights at three Pittsburgh intersections can now receive a $100 citation in the mail.
The city’s Automated Red-Light Enforcement program began issuing citations Sunday after a 60-day warning period.
The cameras are at Penn and North Dallas avenues in Point Breeze; Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Woodruff Street in Beechview/ South Hills; and Anderson and East General Robinson streets on the North Shore.
The city plans to install cameras at three more intersections later this year: South Negley and Fifth avenues; Chateau Street and the West End Bridge; and Browns Hill Road and Parkview Boulevard.
Those cameras will have a 30-day warning period before citations begin.
The cameras record vehicles that run red lights, including drivers who turn right without coming to a complete stop.
A trained Pittsburgh police officer reviews the images and video to verify each potential violation before a citation is issued.
The $100 penalty is a civil infraction and does not add points to a driver’s license or insurance, according to the information provided by the city.
For Rohan Ganguli, who lives in Point Breeze, the cameras could help address a dangerous intersection.
Nearly a year and a half ago, he said, a driver hit him as he crossed Penn Avenue with his dog, then drove away.
“From North Dallas Ave, somebody made a turn into Penn and hit me in the chest, flipped me in the air,” Ganguli said.
He said he suffered a cracked jaw and three broken ribs and spent four days in the hospital.
Witnesses were too stunned to identify the vehicle, and police told him there was little they could do, he said.
Ganguli believes the cameras could help deter drivers from going through an intersection after the light changes.
He said he sees drivers try to make it through the light or turn after it has changed.
Pittsburgh says it selected high-risk intersections with histories of crashes and fatalities.
From 2019 to 2023, the city recorded 759 crashes involving red-light running, resulting in seven deaths.
Some neighbors told Channel 11 off camera they were unsure the cameras would change driver behavior.
Nadir Raja, who lives near the Point Breeze intersection, said he has seen about two crashes a year that damage his fence.
Raja said drivers need to know where the cameras are for the program to make a difference.
The city’s goal is to have 21 operating red light cameras.
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