These Chicago-Area Residents Are Working To End Traffic Fatalities

03/06/2025 19 min
These Chicago-Area Residents Are Working To End Traffic Fatalities

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Episode Synopsis

Since the pandemic, the number of traffic-related deaths has been on the rise in Chicago. But that’s not the case in Evanston, which saw a five-year stretch with no deaths. Reset talks with Evanston city engineer Lara Biggs and Dixon Galvez-Searle, transit advocacy steward for Southwest Collective, about the work underway to reduce traffic collisions and deaths in the city and suburbs.

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