City ordered to speed installation of signals to assist visually impaired pedestrians
U.S. District Judge LaShona Hunt’s has ordered the city to speed the painfully slow installation of electronic audio signals, ...
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 ...
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Judge Orders Chicago to Speed Up Efforts to Make Crosswalks Accessible to Blind Pedestrians; Just 85 of 2,713 Intersections Upgraded
The order comes after a 2023 ruling in federal court that Chicago’s long-running failure to protect blind pedestrians violated the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, following ...
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City ordered to speed installation of signals to assist visually impaired pedestrians
Greg Polman has been legally blind since he was 17. He uses a guide dog, but he’s still apprehensive about crossing a busy downtown street. “You have to be cautious to make sure the light did ...
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Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for blind, visually impaired
More than 30,000 immigrants in Illinois may loss health insurance if the state eliminates funding for noncitizen immigrants ...