A metropolis program that routinely tickets drivers parked in downtown bike and bus lanes kicked off Monday, over a 12 months since Metropolis Council accepted the pilot program that makes use of cameras mounted on metropolis autos.
For the primary 30 days of the Good Streets pilot ordinance, drivers will obtain mailed warning notices for parking infractions caught by license-plate studying cameras mounted to sure metropolis autos. Beginning Dec. 5, drivers will obtain a warning discover for the primary offense, adopted by fines for extra violations.
The pilot is proscribed to an space round downtown bounded by North Avenue, Ashland Avenue, Roosevelt Highway and Lake Michigan.
The Good Streets pilot ordinance, accepted by Metropolis Council in March 2023, permits town to ticket car proprietor’s by mail for parking in bike lanes, bus-only lanes, crosswalks, bus stops and no parking zones.
Eight metropolis autos outfitted with license-plate studying cameras at the moment are routinely photographing illegally parked autos within the downtown space, in accordance with Ald. Brendan Reilly (forty second). The autos belong to the Division of Finance and Division of Transportation.
In line with the Chicago Division of Transportation, the aim of the Good Streets pilot program is reduce down on unlawful parking that endangers pedestrians and cyclists. This system can also be meant to hurry up bus service by deterring drivers from parking in bus-only lanes.
Metropolis officers are kicking off the pilot with a information convention close to Chicago and Milwaukee avenues Monday morning.
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