Archer Heights group: Traffic cams are needed to address traffic violence epidemic
Streetsblog Chicago didn’t endorse Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new policy of lowering the speed camera ticketing threshold to 6 mph, due to the current financial hardships many residents are facing during the pandemic. However since the new rule is now in effect, we’re hoping there won’t be undue impacts on lower-income and working-class Chicagoans, and optimistic that we’ll see added safety benefits from the stricter enforcement. Unsurprisingly, the 6 mph regulation has triggered a new backlash from right-leaning outlets like the Chicago Tribune and the Illinois Policy website, which ha...