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Crosswalk crackdown aims to cut crashes
by half
By Falon Miahlic
As another school year starts, the Chicago Police Department is
increasing traffic enforcement across the city, thanks to a partnership
with the Healthy
Streets Campaign.
The Healthy Streets Campaign launched Northwest Chicago Drive With
Care this year with a two-year goal of cutting crashes by 50 percent
in the area bounded by Austin Avenue and Kedzie Boulevard and Fullerton
and Montrose avenues.
This Drive With Care Zone will see an increase in both speed and
crosswalk enforcement around schools.
Targeted enforcement with Chicago Police is one component of this
campaign, along with social marketing and low-cost street improvements.
A crosswalk enforcement operation uses a plainclothes officer as
a decoy pedestrian who attempts to cross an intersection in a marked
crosswalk. When a motorist fails to yield to the pedestrian, police
officers stationed down the road pull over the driver. Violators
face a fine of $75 or more.
A speed enforcement team works in similar fashion. Police officers
use local district and citywide police agency resources to increase
enforcement as the school year begins.
For more information on these operations and other work of Northwest
Chicago Drive With Care, visit www.healthystreets.org.
Falon Mihalic is the Campaign Coordinator for Northwest Drive With
Care.
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