Ten new speed cameras will be watching Arlington school zones when classes resume next week, bringing the county’s total to 35.
Arlington released the full list of PhotoSPEED locations on Tuesday, two weeks after ACPD said a list was coming soon.
Ticketing at existing camera locations starts Monday, Aug. 31 — the first day of classes for Arlington Public Schools. The new and relocated cameras get a 30-day warning period beginning the same day, after which drivers face a $100 civil fine per infraction, billed to the vehicle’s registered owner.
The cameras issue tickets only when school zone lights are flashing during arrival and dismissal.
The new locations are:
- Southbound 1500 block of Patrick Henry Drive
- Northbound 300 block of N. George Mason Drive
- Northbound 2500 block of Military Road
- Northbound 2400 block of N. Sycamore Street
- Westbound 3200 block of 2nd Street S.
- Southbound 2600 block of N. Sycamore Street
- Southbound 4700 block of Williamsburg Blvd
- Eastbound 6000 block of Little Falls Road
- Southbound 2300 block of Military Road
- Southbound 1700 block of N. Veitch Street
Nine of the 10 new cameras are in North Arlington. The only one south of Route 50 is on 2nd Street S. in Arlington Heights.
The N. Veitch Street camera is still being installed and tested, with completion expected by the end of September, the county said.
Three camera locations were retired for the fall: the southbound 1000 block of N. McKinley Road, the northbound 1600 block of N. Veitch Street and the westbound 1500 block of Wilson Blvd. Those cameras were moved to other school zones “to maximize their effectiveness and support traffic safety efforts,” ACPD spokesperson Kiyah Daniell told ARLnow.
Arlington had 28 cameras last school year. With three locations retired and 10 added, the countywide total rises by seven.
The announcement lines up with sightings from an ARLnow tipster, who reported spotting new cameras near Tuckahoe and Nottingham elementary schools earlier this month.
Arlington’s school zone cameras began ticketing in September 2024, with the program expanding in February and March of 2025 and again last August. Five cameras stayed on through APS summer session in July.
The cameras generated 47,914 tickets and 8,190 warnings during the 2024-25 school year, according to ACPD’s 2025 annual report. Vehicles that received a ticket were traveling an average of 32.85 mph, compared to 19.95 mph for all traffic passing the cameras.
State data from the program’s first months showed speeds dropping slightly at camera locations, with the biggest change outside Randolph Elementary School.
Arlington weighs crash history, vehicle speeds and volumes, school walk zone coverage and equity areas when choosing locations, according to the county. PhotoSPEED is part of Arlington’s Vision Zero effort, now in its fifth year, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in the county by 2030.
