Data shows Chicago speed cameras prevented hundreds of serious and fatal crashes, so Mayor Johnson's plan to install 50 more of them makes sense. If ticket equity is a concern, why not reinstate the Clear Path program's 50% discount on fines for lower-income residents? @daniellaspata.bsky.social - ThreadSky

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chi.streetsblog.org • 19 hours ago

Data shows Chicago speed cameras prevented hundreds of serious and fatal crashes, so Mayor Johnson's plan to install 50 more of them makes sense.

If ticket equity is a concern, why not reinstate the Clear Path program's 50% discount on fines for lower-income residents?
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chi.streetsblog.org•19 hours ago

Here's the latest CDOT data on the effectiveness of speed cameras at preventing serious injuries and deaths.
https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdot/CSZ/2024/ASE%20Cameras%20-%20Before%20and%20After%20Analysis%20(2022-23)%20-%20Write-Up%20and%20List%20COMBINED%20-%20V3.pdf

chi.streetsblog.org•18 hours ago

If you don't believe CDOT, here's a 2022 UIC study that found Chicago speed cams prevented hundreds of serious and fatal crashes. It also found race/class discrepancies in who was getting ticketed, so the City responded with the 50% ticket discount pilot.
https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdot/Red%20Light%20Cameras/2022/Sutton+Tilahun_Chicago-Camera-Ticket_Exec%20Summary-Final-Jan10.pdf

viktorkoves.bsky.social•19 hours ago

100% agree! Other countries have income based fines to solve this

chi.streetsblog.org•19 hours ago

True. And yet many people think Finland is only notable for saunas and heavy metal bands!
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/sliding-scale-fines-could-make-chicago-traffic-enforcement-more-equitable/

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