Drivers on four Bellevue corridors will start getting warnings from automated speed cameras the week of Monday, Aug. 17, with $124 fines expected to follow by mid-September.
The city announced Thursday, Aug. 13 it is expanding its speed safety camera program to these locations:
- 148th Avenue Northeast, between Northeast 13th and 10th places
- Northeast Eighth Street, between 167th Avenue and 168th Place
- Forest Drive Southeast, between 138th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 60th Street
- Forest Drive Southeast, between Southeast 54th Place and Coal Creek Parkway
All four sites are near hospitals, parks or school walk zones, and all have documented histories of speed-related crashes, according to the city. Bellevue already operates three school-zone cameras; this expansion more than doubles the program.
One month of warnings, then citations
Each camera will run a one-month warning period. Drivers who exceed the posted speed limit will receive a warning notice in the mail rather than a ticket. The city said the period also allows calibration and testing of the equipment.
Citations are expected to begin the third week of September. The fine is $124 per violation. In school zones, that doubles to $248.
A Bellevue Police Department official reviews and verifies each violation before a citation goes to the registered vehicle owner. The city contracted with Verra Mobility to administer the technology.
Why these streets
Transportation Director Andrew Singelakis said the cameras build on the city's ongoing efforts to reduce speeding and prevent serious crashes on corridors where speed is a top factor in fatal and serious-injury collisions.
The expansion is part of Bellevue's Vision Zero initiative, which the City Council has set a goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious-injury collisions by 2030. In 2025, 41 people were killed or seriously injured on city streets, the highest number in at least a decade and 61% above the 10-year average, according to The Urbanist. Three of those crashes were fatal.
The council's 2026 Action Plan, adopted June 2, explicitly called for expanding speed cameras at high-risk locations on the city's High-Injury Network, the 8% of streets where 68% of fatal and serious-injury collisions occur.
As we reported Aug. 8, the city is also lowering speed limits on 84% of arterials by early 2027. Neighborhood Traffic Safety Services Manager John Murphy told the council at a June 26 meeting that the city planned to "pair speed limit changes with design changes, add physical measures, add speed safety cameras, and some of those efforts are in the pipeline for this year."
Three more cameras coming
Three additional locations are planned for later in 2026, though the city has not announced specific installation dates:
- Bellevue Way Southeast, adjacent to the South Bellevue Park and Ride
- Coal Creek Parkway Southeast, between Forest Drive Southeast and Southeast 60th Street
- 116th Avenue Northeast, between Northeast 21st Street and Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake (1845 116th Ave. NE)
The Coal Creek Parkway segment saw 295 crashes between 2016 and 2023, killing one person and seriously injuring 13 others along a 1.8-mile stretch, according to city data.
