Judge orders City of Chicago to install accessible pedestrian signals
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As of Wednesday, only 3% of signalized intersections in Chicago have accessible pedestrian signals (APS), which are meant to help visually impaired pedestrians cross the road. Since there are so few intersections have APS in a city as large as Chicago, a group of blind residents filed a class-action lawsuit against the city.
A judge’s remedial order was read in court Wednesday, putting the city on track to install APS devices at 71% of Chicago crosswalks in the next ten years.
WGN’s Dana Rebik reports on the story.
