Nearly 3,000 Chicago intersections are equipped with visual crossing signals, yet fewer than three dozen include audible cues. In a landmark victory for blind residents challenging the accessibility of a major city’s signalized crosswalks, a federal judge in March ruled in a class-action lawsuit that such disparity violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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