The ward-by-ward effort to eliminate crashes

Pedestrian Hit Biking Illinois in biking, Illinois: The article is an advocacy piece by the Active Transportation Alliance describing a ward-by-ward effort to reduce traffic crashes in Chicago. It reports that the organization sent 50 letters to Chicago alderpersons with crash data showing people killed or seriously injured while walking, biking, or traveling by car in each ward. It cites a 30 percent decline in fatal crashes citywide from 2021 to 2024 and notes that 44 percent of pedestrians killed in the city lived less than one mile from the crash site. No specific crash, victim, date, or location is described.