Evanston Considers Speed Cameras Among New Pedestrian Safety Measures
Car accidents involving pedestrians in Evanston are declining, according to city staff, but more improvements are planned. Ald. Melissa Wynne suggested that the city investigate the cost of speed cameras.
While the number of car crashes involving pedestrians has decreased steadily in the past several years, the city believes there’s more work to be done. Aldermen discussed several measures designed to increase pedestrian safety, particularly in school zones, at Monday night’s city council meeting. Radar speed displays, a citywide speed limit of 25 miles per hour and sidewalk bump-outs are all on the list of possible improvements. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd Ward) also suggested that city staff should investigate the cost of speed cameras. “I’m not necessarily an advocate of it. I think that there are other ways we can slow traffic down,” Wynne said. “But if we have chronic speeding, then maybe that’s what we have to look at.” Like this story…
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Stephen
9:16 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Speed scameras are NOT about safety. Heck even the City of Chicago 60% "safety" claims on scameras were found to be highly dubious. See: http://theexpiredmeter.com/2012/03/tribune-hammers-citys-pedestrian-fatality-claims/ or http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-14/news/ct-met-speed-cameras-statistics-20120314_1_red-light-cameras-emanuel-administration-traffic-deaths http://www.… more ›