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Red Light Camera Program
Why Red Light Cameras?On an average day, five people will be seriously injured or
killed in a traffic-related crash on Chicago’s streets.
Each year, Chicago has approximately 80,000 crashes:
• 20,000 resulting in injuries
• 130 resulting in fatalities
Vision Zero ChicagoIs the commitment and the plan to eliminate death and serious injuries from traffic crashes on Chicago’s streets by 2026. As a Vision Zero city, Chicago follows an international movement that incorporates policies, technologies, partnerships, and data-driven practices to make our streets safer. The Vision Zero Chicago Action Plan presents a method for targeting resources to improve roadway design, enforce dangerous driving behaviors, and inspire a culture of safety through education and outreach through 2019.
Three-Year Action Plan Goals • Reduce death from traffic crashes 20% by 2020. • Reduce serious injury from traffic crashes 35% by 2020.
Crashes caused by red light running are more common than any other crash type and more likely
to result in serious injury or death.
A 2013 national study revealed that crashes involving drivers who ran red lights and other traffic controls were the most common type of urban crash (22%) in the US; injuries occurred in 39% of these crashes.Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Vision ZeroChicago
Red Light Camera Program
Red Light CamerasRed light camera enforcement has been credited with several important benefits, including:
• Minimizing dangerous behaviors
• Reducing fatal crashes
• Improving traffic flow
Impact of Cameras in Chicago
In early 2017, Northwestern University Transportation Center completed a review of Chicago’s red light camera system and concluded that the system has led to a 10% reduction in injury-producing crashes and a 19% reduction in the most dangerous angle and turning crashes. They also documented a “spillover effect,” meaning crashes were reduced at intersections that do not have camera enforcement.
Red Light Camera Program
How the Red Light Camera Program Works:How a Potential Violation Is Captured
Two digital pictures (see below)
The camera system tracks the status of the traffic light signal and the position and speed of vehicles approaching the intersection.
If the traffic signal is red and the minimum red time grace period has elapsed prior to the violation point, the system captures the event with:
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A 12-second video
The signal has changed to red before the vehicle enters the intersection
The vehicle continues through the intersection, running the red light
* Starting on March 20, 2017, this time was increased from 0.1 to 0.3 seconds.
Red Light Camera Program
How the Red Light Camera Program Works:How a Ticket Is Issued
First, by the red light camera vendor, Xerox
Each violation is manually reviewed twice:
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Second, by the City Department of Finance for official determination
If the violation is determined to be valid, a violation notice is mailed to the address to which the license plate is registered. Fines are currently set at $100.
Reviewers manually zoom in to the image, crop a photo of the license plate, and record the plate number for violation issuance
5 All red light camera tickets may be contested through the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Red Light Camera Program
Red Light Cameras RelocationNorthwestern University team developed a set of criteria
to evaluate the safety impact of red light cameras at intersections. The criteria for evaluation are:
• Number of Angle, Turning, & Rear End crashes at the intersection• Volume of vehicular traffic• The number of violators• Other characteristics of the intersection.
PROPOSED REMOVALS (8) PROPOSED NEW LOCATIONS (6)
• The data showed that theseintersections registered high numbersof issued violations but nocorresponding reduction in crash rates.
• Suggesting locations not benefitingfrom cameras and better placedelsewhere.
• Score high on the Northwesterncriteria for anticipated safety benefits
• Has low or no rear-end injury crashes
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GRAND & OAK PARK 2
HALSTED & 103RD 2
HALSTED & 115TH 2
IRVING PARK & KEDZIE 2
PETERSON & PULASKI 2
WESTERN & 71ST 2
WESTERN & PERSHING 2
2017 RLC Potential Removals
Intersection CamerasCENTRAL & FOSTER 4
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR & PERSHING 2
MICHIGAN & ONTARIO 2
WACKER & LAKE 2
MICHIGAN & JACKSON 2
HALSTED & 98TH PL 2
2017 RLC Potential Additions
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RLC Deactivated 2015 - 23 (46 Cameras)
RLC Deactivated 2014 - 16 (32 Cameras)
RLC Active - 151 (306 Cameras)
RLC Potential Relocations - 6 (14 Cameras)
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Red Light Camera Intersections
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