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89 speed camera tickets issued to one Chicago woman; fines top $30,000

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Chicago transportation officials say the city's speed camera system is changing driver behavior, noting that nearly 700,000 citations were issued to vehicles that have yet to trigger a second ticket....

City speed cameras have generated hundreds of tickets involving CTA buses. The transit agency is responsible for picking up the fines.

Chicago speed cameras catch school bus drivers, police cars, CTA operators

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

School bus drivers and public employees, including members of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's security detail, were caught speeding by the city's robotic speed cameras nearly 8,000 times in the past two...

Federal prosecutors allege a Chicago transportation manager now facing trial met with then-Mayor Richard M. Daley and House Speaker Michael Madigan as part of the push to bring red light cameras to Chicaago. The federal documents do not suggest Daley and Madigan did anything improper.

Feds allege Redflex conspirator talked to Madigan and Daley

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

The former city transportation manager indicted in a $2 million conspiracy to bring red light cameras to Chicago met with then-Mayor Richard M. Daley and House Speaker Michael Madigan as...

Chicago police monitor a prayer vigil in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters in memory of Laquan McDonald and to call for a federal investigation into the case, Nov. 30, 2015.

Four new Laquan McDonald shooting videos raise more questions

May 25, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

Newly released videos from four additional police vehicles at the scene of the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald raise questions about how the city's Police Department documented the killing of...

A speed camera tracks vehicles Sept. 9, 2015, on East Morgan Drive as they pass through Washington Park in Chicago. It is the No. 2 highest-ranking camera for tickets, issuing more than 84,000 citations worth more than $3.5 million in fines.

Top-ticketing speed cameras not where most kids have been hit, Tribune finds

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

The 15 speed cameras generating the most fines in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's "Children's Safety Zone" program are located along well-traveled stretches of major Chicago roads where records show no children...

Speed cameras near tiny playlots, closed parks lead to big payout

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Until a couple of years ago, neighbors say few people even knew about tiny Challenger Playlot Park, nestled under the thunder of the CTA Red Line tracks on the city's...

Many school-zone speed camera tickets issued without danger to kids, Tribune finds

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

When Lasheena Hall opened her mail to find yet another notice that she owed a $100 fine because a camera caught her speeding outside a school, she decided to do...

A speed camera tracks vehicles on 127th Street near the Major Taylor Bike Trail on Sept. 9, 2015, in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood. It has raised nearly $4 million in fines since the enforcement program's inception, making it the city's top ticketing camera.

Emanuel’s speed cameras issue $2.4 million in bad tickets

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera program improperly issued more than $2.4 million in fines to Chicago drivers, ticketing them when cameras were supposed to be off and when the required...

Feds taped Blagojevich

June 16, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

Federal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in their corruption investigation of him and his administration, the Tribune has learned....

A sign warns motorists about a red light camera at the intersection of Diversey, Damen, and Clybourn in Chicago on Friday, March 1, 2013.

Chicago sues red light camera firm for $300 million

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has sued Chicago's former red light camera operator, Redflex Traffic Systems, for more than $300 million on grounds the entire program was built on a $2...

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