The Emanuel administration has announced plans to take down 36 red-light cameras at 18 Chicago intersections, just as the city gears up to put speed cameras near schools and parks. 

The mayor says the move comes as a result of a reduction in right-angle crashes at the intersections, along with a "total crash rate" of less than one percent at those locations.  

“Automated traffic enforcement, whether through red-light or speed cameras, is about changing drivers’ behavior,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a press release. “The cameras at these intersections are now showing a low level of crashes and dangerous angle crashes, which means an enhanced level of safety."

The intersections where the cameras will be removed are:

· Osceola and Touhy Avenues

· Kedzie and Devon Avenues

· Harlem and Higgins Avenues

· Sheridan Road and Hollywood Avenue

· Austin and Belmont Avenues

· Cicero and Belmont Avenues

· Halsted and Belmont Avenues

· California and North Avenues

· Wells and North Avenues

· Kostner Avenue and Division Street

· Clark Street and Cermak Road

· California Avenue and 35th Street

· California Avenue and 47th Street

· Pulaski Road and 71st Street

· Wentworth Avenue and 69th Street

· Racine Avenue and 79th Street

· 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue

· Stony Island Avenue and 89th Street