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City of Chicago installed to order a whole lot more audible crosswalk signals for visually impaired
A federal judge has ordered the city of Chicago equip about 70% of intersections with the audible crossing cues over the next ...
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Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for the blind and visually impaired
A federal judge has ordered Chicago to install audible crossing signals at intersections with traffic lights to help people who are blind or have problems seeing to cross public streets.
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City Must Add 1,700 Crosswalk Signals To Help Blind, Visually Impaired People Under Judge’s Order
The plan is in response to a class action lawsuit filed in 2019. It requires the city to install more than 1,700 specialized ...
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Chicago Judge Orders Thousands of Accessible Ped Signals
Only 3% of the city's crossing signals are currently accessible to blind pedestrians.
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Visually impaired students learn to navigate Chicago streets without audible warning signals
they have to confront a hazardous situation — Chicago’s lack of audible traffic signals that beep or play announcements to alert people when to cross. After decades with little response to the ...
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Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for blind, visually impaired
CHICAGO — A federal judge has ordered Chicago to install audible crossing signals at intersections with traffic lights to help people who are blind or have problems seeing to cross public streets.