NU gets $311,778 to study red-light camera program

Northwestern University will be paid $311,778 to study red-light camera enforcement and chart a path forward for a despised program built on a $2 million bribery scandal that paid a convicted bureaucrat $1,500 for every additional intersection.

Last year, the Chicago Department of Transportation promised to engage a team of academics with expertise in traffic engineering and traffic safety to conduct a "comprehensive review" of the red-light camera program after examining "best practices" across the nation to determine criteria for future removal and placement of cameras.

The contract calls for Northwestern to take the lead on a review that also will include traffic-safety experts from Texas A&M and Florida State Universities.

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