Chicago Committee Approves Lower Speed Limits, Disabled Parking Changes, and Citizen Enforcement Pilot
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The Chicago Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety met on October 21, 2024, to address a range of traffic and parking issues, including lowering the city's default speed limit, amending disabled and residential parking zones, and launching a pilot program for citizen-submitted parking enforcement evidence.
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- Approved lowering the city's default speed limit to 25 mph on streets and 15 mph in alleys.
- Passed a resolution to establish an interagency working group to assess and redesign speed limit enforcement practices.
- Approved a pilot program allowing citizens to submit recorded evidence of parking violations.
- Amended and approved multiple disabled and residential parking zones across various wards.
- Approved new traffic warning signs and signals, including speed limit reductions and all-way stops in several locations.
- Re-referred an amendment to prohibit peddling on certain streets to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
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Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Direct introduction deadline is October 11, 2024, 12:00 PM Written public comment deadline October 18, 2024, 10:00 A.M.
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- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/f4a9d64d-0fec-416f-bcd0-2f0125c28a2e.pdf
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/f18d10c0-63a9-4d46-82df-1b1519f627b3.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/fccccd68-4b21-4369-ac67-c8e889de84ee.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/cfb356ec-69a8-43ce-8371-58ec539e9104.pdf
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