A University of Chicago Illinois report found racial and ethnic disparities in who speed/red light cameras recorded breaking traffic laws. What can be done about it?
Chicago Streetsblog co-editor John Greenfield interviewed UIC professors and authors of the report, Dr. Stacey Sutton and Dr. Nebiyou Tilahoun, for Bike Talk.
John’s article on their report and the ProPublica study:
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2022/01/14/what-should-we-do-about-the-racial-disparities-in-chicagos-life-saving-traffic-camera-program/
The ProPublica report:
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most