traffic safety

The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission is finishing a lengthy, federally funded process to develop a broad plan for roadway safety with an ambitious goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2050.

Peoria is in the process of updating its nine-year-old Bike Master Plan, taking a closer look at safety, access, and connectivity.

The activation process for traffic lights installed in one of Pekin's major intersections begins Monday. The lights at Court Street and Stadium Drive will flash yellow on Court and red on Stadium and East Shore Drive from Monday through March 12, when the lights will be fully operational.

Bicyclists in downstate Illinois can now do what those in Chicago and eight other states have done for years. A new state law permits them to put a red…

Data from Chicago police show that the number of tickets officers have issued for distracted driving has plummeted over the last three years. Chicago…