Baltimore adds school-zone speed cameras near four city schools

Baltimore will turn on school-zone speed cameras near four city schools on or about Wednesday, May 20, putting the 2200 to 2800 blocks of Orleans Street near Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School, the 100 to 300 blocks of N. Hilton Avenue near Green Street Academy, the 5700 block of N. Charles Street near Redeemer Parish Day School and the 300 block of E. 29th Street near Barclay Elementary School under automated enforcement.

The city’s school-zone cameras operate Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., year-round, and Baltimore’s speed-enforcement program uses tracking radar plus fixed and portable cameras. Baltimore City Department of Transportation says the Automated Traffic Violation Enforcement System is meant to enforce traffic regulations, correct driver behavior and reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities in school corridors and other city streets.

Drivers who ignore the posted limit face a steep civil schedule. Maryland court materials say the system records vehicles traveling at least 12 mph over the limit. Baltimore’s fines start at $40 for 12 to 15 mph over, then rise to $70 for 16 to 19 mph over, $120 for 20 to 29 mph over, $230 for 30 to 39 mph over and $425 for 40 mph or more over the posted speed. The notices do not add license points, and the civil penalty is paid by the registered owner or long-term lessee unless that person elects to go to court.

Baltimore City Department of Transportation first announced the new school-zone locations on July 29, 2025, and said they would be implemented later. The expansion comes alongside a commercial-vehicle height-monitoring system in the 300 block of Gittings Avenue, showing the city is still widening automated enforcement beyond speed cameras alone.

The school-zone rollout fits into Baltimore’s broader traffic-safety strategy, including Complete Streets work and a Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic-related injuries and fatalities by 2035. For families near Tench Tilghman, Green Street Academy, Redeemer Parish Day School and Barclay Elementary, the practical change is immediate: weekday speeding in those blocks will be watched more closely, and the first penalty can arrive before a driver gets far from the school door.