Planters and SFMTA paddles line Sanchez Slow Street in San Francisco on April 3, 2024. With back-to-school season approaching, Mayor Daniel Lurie is hopeful that full implementation of San Francisco's speed cameras beginning Tuesday will help make the streets safer for children walking to and from school. (JL Odom/Bay City News)

RECENTLY INSTALLED SPEED CAMERAS throughout San Francisco are capturing an average of more than one thousand speeding drivers each day, according to data released by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

SFMTA began its speed camera pilot program in April, with cameras set up so far at 21 locations across the city. For now, drivers caught traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit are only being issued warnings. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.