Chicago Speed Cameras

That law is only for the State of Chicago, not for Illinois proper

I'm fortunate not to have a reason to visit there.

When did Chicago become a state?

With ALL the Corruption in this City and state is there REALLY anyone who trust that SAFETY crap???

Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain.

Channel 5 news in Chicago, Pat Quinn has signed the bill.

The amount of red light cameras in Chicago is HIGH...
I can just imagine what this will be like....

Once we find one.... Will there be a special place to post info on it? or just in the Red Light post areas, and you'll parse them to the correct location?

I usually take my Garmin with me when I drive in Chicago.... for Red-Light warnings... Now it will be more of a need......

Just another set of funds to abused.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-06/news/ct-met-ch...

Some highlights from that article,

"The governor spent months reviewing the proposal before signing the legislation in private Monday, the last day for him to act before the measure would have become law on its own. During that time, Quinn's office was contacted more than 200 times by people opposed to the speed cameras measure. The governor received just 19 letters, calls and emails in support."

Interesting how so many are opposed to the cameras, but are basically ignored.

"Such Big Brother-type concerns forced Emanuel to support compromise legislation that limits the hours the cameras can operate. They will run from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays in school zones when class is in session. The cameras near parks would start rolling one hour before opening to the public and stop one hour after closing."

Whatever happened to "When School Children are Present?" A lot of people are going to learn the hard way that the speed limit is 20 mph, even when schools are closed at 6:30 pm. Ridiculous.

"A separate Tribune analysis of a federal database of pedestrian fatalities in crashes showed that Emanuel's proposal would have a limited impact on fatalities. Of the 251 pedestrian deaths in the city between 2005 and 2009, fewer than half occurred in the "safety zones" where cameras would be located, and fewer than one-quarter of those involved speeding."

Not only are the citizens ignored, but cold hard information is as well. Great.

"Even as Emanuel moved quickly to lay the groundwork for the speed camera initiative, the mayor's office was resisting requests for internal documents about the plans. Emanuel has denied access to hundreds of emails on the topic while his lawyers worked to redact information they consider exempt from open records laws."

Gee, I wonder why he's being so secretive?

I don't want to downplay safety issues when it comes to children going to or coming from school. It is a tragedy when a child gets hit by a car. Any measure that truly increases safety is fine by me. I don't believe these cameras will do anything other than issue tickets for non-safety violations.

I am used to signage around schools that have attached yellow flashing lights alerting drivers that a 20 MPH (or sometimes 15 MPH) is in effect up ahead when children are literally outside the school building (arrival, recess, end-of day). Otherwise, the yellow light is not flashing and the speed limit stays at the posted speed of that roadway (say 35 or 40 MPH).

With such flashing lights, drivers are told "when children are present" as opposed to having to quess (at times when they can see no children)

When I read the article, I did not see anything that said what would trigger a violation in a school zone.

The sign displayed with the article read:
SCHOOL
SPEED
LIMIT
20
on school days
when children
are present.

The hours of operation cover all of the school day and then some.

Since the article said
"Under the law, speed cameras can be installed within one-eighth of a mile of schools and parks. A Tribune analysis found about 47 percent of the city would fall into the safety zones",
it would seem that M-F a large part of the city would have normal speed limits falling to 20 MPH.

There was a sentence that said "Speeders going 6 to 10 mph over the limit would face $50 fines. Those going 11 mph and over would face the full $100 ticket" which indicated that there was built in tolerance - which is good.

But - 20 MPH around all schools for the hours cited seems ridiculous, so I hope that someone from the Chicago area could comment on whether all of the "safety zones" have the sign listed above as opposed to some alternative like the flashing yellow illuminated ONLY when children are present.

From the Chicago schools I'm familiar with, just those signs are posted. No flashing yellow lights. There could be some flashing yellow lights, but it's not the norm.

This is why I'm really skeptical of these speed cameras. If they want to run them while the children are in danger, fine. If they want to run them just because it's Tuesday, 5:39 pm, and a school zone with no children present, NOT FINE!

Sun-Times says law will go into effect July 1, 2012. Some red light cameras will be fitted with speed cameras also. I bet speed cameras will be operational even during summer break.

This site http://www.photoenforced.com/ reports that there are already speed cameras in chicagoland. Can anyone verify?

Are there speed cameras at I-Pass lanes in Automatic and that one in manual lane in Chicagoland? I always speed thru those.

Yes sad to say that Chicago has been a state for many, many years, it's a state of confusion simple as that.

Well did you really think Illinois or Chicago would change? It's politics as usual, it's not what's good for the people it's what's good for the politician.

You say "NOT FINE!" but the Chicago.gov hears "BIG FINE!"

I would not be surprised if they did start using the speed cameras while the kids are on summer vacation.

As far as speed cameras, the only ones I've ever heard about are the vans they move around from location to location to catch people speeding in construction zones.

I don't think there are speed cameras for I-Pass lanes yet. Once the tollway realizes they've lost a lot of money due to rate increases, they'll come up with that plan.

Very funny, and sad, but true.

is just a future police state and they are trying to get there as fast as possible

I think speed cameras in Chicago will start TICKETING on July 1st, 2012.

This is all I found so far.

"The bill, S.B. 965, will go into effect July 1. It allows the city to use speed enforcement cameras with 1/8 of a mile, or one city block, around schools between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. each weekday." -CBS Chicago

"As of 2011, there are about 190 red light cameras in chicago." -cityofchicago.org

"Right now, the city has red light cameras in 79 locations within a 1/8 of a mile of a school or park" -CBS chicago

6-10 MPH over: $50
11+ MPH over: $100

I live in the Chicago area. The school zone law here has long been, and the signs specify a speed limit, as twix says, "20 mph on school days when children are present." Just that phrase is vague. What does that mean? When one or more kids is walking within the marked school zone? When children are in the building but no kids are outdoors? It's very vague. I prefer the way they do it in Massachusetts with the signs that say 20 mph when lights are flashing, and those lights are on timers set for just before and after school. Of course, they go off on days when school is not in session, but at least there is no dispute about whether the speed limit is reduced.

Having the cameras work 14 or however many hours of all days that have nothing to do with the school calendar when no one is around is going to cause a huge outcry when this takes effect in Chicago next summer and people start getting tickets in the mail for going 25 mph when and where it's always been legal. I understand Rahm has severe budget problems, but I think this is going to hurt him politically. It was not thought through very well and is not a good decision.

government will look for ways to get their hands on more money and these cameras are a perfect example.

Chicago voted YES to speed cameras in school zones:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-11/news/chi-emanu...

The article you posted is way shorter than this one.

"The mayor's administration made other tweaks to the camera plan Wednesday, hoping the full council passes the plan next week."

Next week, your announcement will be correct.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-12/news/ct-met-sp...

Didn't Richard J. Daley declare Chcago it's own nation with it's own airport included? I was too young top remember it, but I read that other world leaders (like the President of the United States) frequently asked him for guidance.

I haven't seen any speed cameras yet. I sometimes have a problem even seeing the speed bumps! Paint those up Dept of corrupt Transportation!

I heard on newsradio 780 the other day that there are a few already out there. They said locations but I was driving at the time. Did anyone happen to know where they are?

Nothing short of a citizen revolution will get rid of this excuse for additional revenue.

When people get angry enough, someone will show up running for office against them. That's what's needed!

Fred

"City officials are testing both mobile camera systems and permanent camera systems, which will be temporarily installed at:

McKinley Park, at approximately 2223 W. Pershing Road
Warren Park, at approximately 6541 N. Western Ave
Dulles Elementary School, at approximately 6340 S. King Drive
Near North Montessori School, at approximately 1446 W. Division"

I've already notified Angela to update the POI files.

In a Chicago Tribune article yesterday, it listed the locations. The sites are for testing only, and will not be sending citations.

Xerox testing locations

Near North
Montessori School
1400 block of West Division St.

McKinley Park
2200 block of
West Pershing Road

ATS testing locations

Warren Park
6500 block of north Western Ave.

Dulles Elementary School
6300 block of South King Drive

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-28/news/ct-met-ch...

It's getting tougher living here in Chicago. Crime, property taxes, etc. There just doesn't seem to be a break.

Speed cameras are finally coming to Chicago

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130719/downtown/speed-camer...

If the red light cameras don't get you, the speed cameras will. I didn't know school was in session until 7 pm. I didn't know that 20 mph would be enforced while school children are not present. Why don't they just make the entire city 20 mph, and no rights on red. That would make everyone safe!

"Garfield Park, Gompers Park, Washington Park and Marquette Park — will have speed cameras installed by the end of August, and CDOT announced an additional eight locations where drivers can expect cameras by the end of September."

Speed camera locations announced Friday include:

Garfield Park, 100 North Central Park Avenue
Gompers Park, 4222 West Foster Avenue
Washington Park, 5531 South Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Marquette Park, 67443 South Kedzie Avenue
Humboldt Park, 1440 North Humboldt Drive
Douglas Park, 1401 South Sacramento Drive
Curie High School, 4959 South Archer Avenue
McKinley Park, 2210 West Pershing Road
Jones High School, 606 South State Street
Legion Park, 3100 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Abbott Park, 49 East 95th Street
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, 3857 West 111th Street

I'm not sure if these speed cameras will be around at each corner surrounding the schools/parks???

I found article at website Huffington Post-Chicago.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130809/chicago/more-speed-c...

Its always about the money!

Can someone from POI add these to the Speed camera file?

The addresses are too vague.

It would help tremendously if you had coordinates.

These have been added and will show in tomorrow's Speed camera file update.

Thanks!

~Angela

And some folks wonder why we call Cook County.... CROOK COUNTY!

When will we get cross walk cameras, or Hospital zone cameras, or Tollway speeding cameras, or entering Cook County license plate cameras, well, you get the idea. I would put nothing past Illinois politicians.

Or ANY politician, for that matter!

But, until the people make it unrewarding for them to continue their money grab ...

Fred

This is only the first phase of the roll out, so we'll all have our work cut out for us to keep the POI file up to date. I've spent so many sleepless nights, tossing and turning or waking up in a cold sweat, yelling "SLOW DOWN, DON'T SPEED AND RUN OVER THE CHILDREN." Thanks to Rahm, I won't have to worry any more. [/sarcasm]
As far as electing different pols here, there are no different ones. If you don't agree to toe the party line you don't make it on the ballot. Every 4 years the line toeing party insiders all gather at Rep/Dem get togethers in a big room with a bunch of chairs with various political offices on them. The music starts, they all circle the chairs, and when it stops whatever chair they sit in is the office they run for.

Don't give them any more idea$ to work with!

Some things never change such as the unholy marriage of Illinois politicians to money. Mike Royko wrote a column years ago about a citizen named Henry whose favorite hobby was writing nasty letters to politicians accusing them of pandering to special interests. The guy would put a one dollar bill in the envelope because he was sure the pols could smell the cash and would therefore open the letter to get the money and might just read it instead of feeding it unopened to the shredder. The pols would write back to complain about cash and attempted bribery. If they sent the bill back, Henry would send them another nasty letter with two one-dollar bills inside saying he could keep doing this until he found the pol's price and therefore start getting favors granted like all the special interests the pol had already sold out to.

Yes Chicago is in the State of confusion and O'bummer's crony is in there making money but not for the good of the kids.

I think Drew275 is being a bit over-reactive in his summation. Keep in mind that the speeding cameras being placed around the schools and parks will cover only about 47% of Chicago, keep in mind that's less than half the city. And sure it will bring in Hundreds of Millions of Dollars (http://www.inquisitr.com/898902/chicago-speed-cameras/) for the city, but we all know that it is for (wink, wink) the safety (wink, wink) of the children that are being forced to cross new gang territory the way Emmanuel has closed schools.
Make sure your Chicago speed cameras are updated on a daily basis... no winks there!!!

They are going to start to be turned on this week (8/26/13).

I hope they do a news story on where the money is going. I would be willing to bet some of the money ends up in Daley's family or Rahm's pockets.

Slow down and be careful!

Chicago Speed camera at the following location;
Gompers Park, 4222 W. Foster Ave. is giving warnings for the 1st month then if you go 11 over then you get a ticket in the mail.

Future Locations:

The first 12 locations identified are:

- Garfield Park, 100 N. Central Park Ave.
- Washington Park, 5531 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
- Marquette Park, 6743 S. Kedzie Ave.
- Humboldt Park, 1440 N. Humboldt Dr.
- Douglas Park, 1401 S. Sacramento
- Curie High School, 4959 S. Archer Ave.
- McKinley Park, 2210 W. Pershing Rd.
- Jones High School, 606 S. State St.
- Legion Park, 3100 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
- Abbott Park, 49 E. 95th St.
- Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, 3857 W. 111th St.

By the end of October 2013 there will be about 175 Speed cameras installed and functional near downtown.

I don't have complete list of intersections yet, but the company that works with the city installations have notified our police department about it.

By the end of 2013 there should be total of 350 Speed cameras installed on most busy intersections in downtown area and near Chicago loop.

Anyone know if the latest addresses been forwarded to Angela for updating?

I researched source information and these locations were added to our content and made available 8/14/13.

Thanks for helping us stay current!

~Angela

They just continue to find ways to make money anymore. Funds are going down and instead of finding ways to cut back, the government is finding ways to spend more for no good reason. Take new police cars for instance, the old ones still worked just fine but lets spend 60,000 each plus on new cars.

Super! I knew you'd be on top of things. You just saved yourself another email from me.

They announced the full list of locations yesterday, where they will be placed when all is said and done. Do we want to add them in advance, or wait until implemented?