Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-3985

• Record #: O2022-3985
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 12/14/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-102-030(cc) to require Department of Transportation to create Chicago Fatal Crash Legacy Report
• Sponsors: Silverstein, Debra L., Brookins, Jr., Howard, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Reboyras, Ariel, Cappleman, James, Gardiner, James M. , Hadden, Maria E. , Osterman, Harry, Martin, Matthew J. , Waguespack, Scott, Dowell, Pat
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 102 Dept. of Transportation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
2/1/2023	60521	City Council	Re-Referred
1/26/2023		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Recommended for Re-Referral
12/14/2022	58874	City Council	Referred

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February 01, 2023


To the President and Members of the City Council:


Your Committee on Transportation and Public Way begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body re-refer the proposed ordinance transmitted herewith for a MISCELLANEOUS to AMENDMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2-102-030 - 02022-3985 Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-102-030 (cc) regarding establishment of Chicago Fatal Crash Legacy Report to The Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety. This ordinance was originally referred to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way in December 14, 2022.


This recommendation was concurred unanimously by viva voce vote of the members ofthe Committee with no dissenting vote.


(Ward 50)




Respectfully submitted,

Howard Brookins, Jr., Chairman


Committee on Transportation

WHEREAS, American drivers struck and killed an estimated 7,342 pedestrians and 985 people on bicycles in 2021. More than 42,000 people died in car crashes in last year — some of the highest rates of roadway deaths in more than four decades:

WHEREAS, this national crisis grew worse in 2022, in contrast to crash statistics in other countries, most notably European Union nations, where traffic deaths have been on a steady decline in recent decades with 50 percent fewer crashes between 2000 and 2020;

WHEREAS, transportation experts blame the increase on speeding, distracted driving, larger vehicles, roads that prioritize cars over other users and a lack of enforcement of traffic ...