There is a speed camera at 34th St NW and Porter St NW with the camera facing southbound. This speed camera is less than 1000 feet away from the intersection of Rodman St NW and Reno Rd NW as well as the intersections of Ordway and 34th and Newark and 34th, so it provides useful data for how quickly cars are traveling through the these intersections.
The camera name is “3600 BLK 34TH ST NW S/B” and the “enforcement space code” is “ATE 0522” according to this table: https://asc.ddot.dc.gov/datasets/automated-safety-cameras-table/explore
The ATE 0522 camera tickets issued are in this table: https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::automated-safety-cameras-violation-count-by-month/explore
In the 12 months from May 2024 to April 2025 the camera caught 552 drivers exceeding the camera’s limit, an average of 46 tickets per month.
The speed limit on Reno is 20 MPH in some sections and 25 MPH in other sections. Assuming the cameras are calibrated to issue tickets at 36 MPH or more, this means that more than one car per day is going more than 180% of the posted 20 MPH speed limit.
Since the speed camera is well known, and shows up on google maps and waze, it’s likely that drivers slow down for this camera and speed up on the rest of Reno/34th.
Reno Road / 34th st is too dangerous to pedestrians. We need four-way stop signs or proper stoplights rather than amber pedestrian warning lights.
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