Resolution R2024-0008391
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Call for hearing(s) on lowering citywide default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph
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At a City Council Meeting on March 20, 2024, Alderman Daniel La Spata presented a resolution from the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety addressing Chicago's traffic death crisis. It highlighted reckless, high-speed driving causing 127 fatalities in 2022, a 40-year high in pedestrian deaths, and 63% of victims being in the striking vehicle. The resolution cited cities with 25 MPH limits, called upon the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation and CDOT to support the Vision Zero plan, and proposed lowering Chicago's citywide speed limit.
