Q: What are the rules about crosswalks at intersections with signal lights? Many people think that if they are in a crosswalk and the light is green for the automobile, they can still cross. Please ...

Improvements are needed to ensure blind and low-vision pedestrians can safely use the system, inspectors say, but the city ...

One year into a federal court order, the monitor says Chicago met the minimum requirements by building 78 new accessible crosswalk signals but that none of them fully comply with federal technical ...

Both pedestrian hybrid beacons and rectangular rapid flashing beacons have been shown to reduce pedestrian crashes, but in a new study, researchers compared behavior at the two different types of ...

For decades, Ann Brash rode the train into downtown Chicago from suburban La Grange, then relied on her orientation and mobility skills to traverse city streets as a blind person working as a claims ...

There's a new pedestrian crossing signal in town. Rather than relying on long-standing laws requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk, the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon uses yellow and red ...

Jay Jung, 18, invented SmartBlink, an AI-powered adaptive traffic light system that can help people of all abilities safely cross the street.

On my short walk to campus, I cross intersections with pedestrian traffic signals where the light has burnt out, where the light never changes and where the whole light pole has been turned to face ...