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Chicago outlines 10‑year plan to retrofit most signalized intersections with accessible pedestrian signals
Summary
CDOT presented the APS remedial plan finalized May 2025, with year‑1 targets to retrofit 70 intersections and phase‑1 goal of retrofitting 71% of the city's ~2,800 signalized intersections over 10 years; public requests are prioritized.
Dave Miller, chief highway engineer for the Chicago Department of Transportation, told the committee that the city is in year 1 of an APS (Accessible Pedestrian Signals) remedial plan finalized in May 2025 following litigation. Miller said the plan sets prioritization and delivery targets to bring nonvisual crossing cues—audible tones, speech messages and vibrotactile signals—to the city’s signalized intersections.
Miller said CDOT estimates roughly 2,800 signalized intersections in Chicago and that phase‑1 of the remedial plan would retrofit 71% of those locations over 10 years. "In year 1, we will be retrofitting a total of 70 intersections with APS," he said. The program…
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