Judge rules that Chicago violated disabilities act by not providing proper signals for the blind -
The lawsuit was initially filed against the city in September 2019 by plaintiffs Ann Brash, Ray Campbell, and Maureen Heneghan and the American Council of the Blind of Metropolitan Chicago.
These alternate signals for the visually impaired can include tactile surfaces, and audible cues such as messages and tones. A March 2022 plan by the city to install 150 more accessible pedestrian signals was no more successful than previous efforts. By January 2023, only 33 of 2,846 intersections citywide had the blind-accessible signals, and only nine signals had been installed under the 2022 plan.
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