Chicago — Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety amended summary (October 8, 2025)
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Committee met October 8, 2025. Members recommended and passed numerous traffic- and parking-related ordinances: disabled parking placements and repeals, residential and industrial permit parking changes, parking meter repeals, targeted no-parking/tow zones, speed/signal changes (including an all-way stop and a 30 mph speed limit segment), and a school street closure. The agenda included a hearing on the Chicago Department of Transportation’s 2024 Crash Report (no vote).
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- Recommended and passed departmental items including disabled parking at 2210 West Shakespeare Avenue; All‑Way Stop at West 72nd Street & South Millard Avenue; school street closure on North Morgan Street (weekday dismissal times); Zipcar-only no-parking zone on East 131st Street; and No Parking Except Metra Police Vehicles on South Clinton Street.
- Direct introductions passed: extensive list of disabled parking designations across multiple wards (document lists addresses and permit numbers for each approved location).
- Passed-with-override (no recommendation from departments): numerous additional disabled parking approvals and multiple repeals of prior disabled-permit locations.
- Residential permit parking actions: extensions and new/rescoped residential permit zones (examples include additions to Zone 102, adjustments on North Spaulding Avenue, North Central Park Avenue, North Latrobe Avenue, and others).
- Parking regulation amendments and repeals: repeal of parking meters on portions of South Archer Avenue; creation or repeal of various no-parking/no-standing/tow zones; amendment of posted hours on South Menard Avenue and other location-specific changes.
- Industrial/permit parking changes: repeal and establishment of industrial permit parking locations (examples include West Goethe Street and 2500-2524 West 24th Street).
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Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Written Public Comment Deadline: October 6, 2025, 5:00 PM Direct Introduction Deadline: September 29, 2025, 5:00pm
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- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/529ee79b-5190-47de-9662-b1053dc394af.pdf
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/bdb841c9-bac8-416e-b28d-42ce13e280e6.pdf
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/5e7e208c-38a2-43f4-8293-e5e834f16bd0.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/43febb99-84b5-4f32-99eb-37e02960bb3d.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/f03a04c6-b82d-4cfc-9189-2e2cfa975977.pdf
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