Starting Monday, drivers who run red lights at the intersection of Browns Hill Road and Parkview Boulevard in Squirrel Hill can expect a warning in the mail — which will soon become a $100 fine.
Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure began rolling out its Automated Red Light Enforcement program over the summer, prioritizing intersections with high rates of crashes caused by red-light runners.
Cameras are already active at North Dallas Avenue and Penn Avenue in Point Breeze, Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Woodruff Street in Mount Washington and East General Robinson Street and Anderson Street on the North Side.
The Browns Hill Road/Parkview Boulevard intersection feeds into the Homestead Grays Bridge, which the city estimates more than 40,000 vehicles cross daily.
The intersection will have signage notifying drivers of camera enforcement, as required by state law. The city will begin issuing fines after its mandatory 30-day warning period ends on Nov. 25.
Drivers can appeal fines through the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, which already handles parking tickets. The city will outline the appeals process in the physical mail containing the fines.
According to DOMI, the new cameras do not employ facial recognition software. Instead, they preserve recordings of two seconds before, during, and two seconds after red-light violations.
Automated Red Light Enforcement is part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative, which former Mayor Ed Gainey adopted in 2024 to eliminate traffic fatalities.
The initiative has also included “traffic calming” measures like speed bumps and updated crosswalks on over a dozen roads.