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2022
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Jan
2022
Speed Cameras
Chicago's $1 Million-Plus Speed Cameras Hurting Low-Income Areas
Nearly half of Chicago's highest cash-generating speed cameras were on the South Side. Two, including the top $3.1-million camera, are hitting Ward 20 Ald. Jeanette Taylor's low-income constituents with fines she said they can't afford.
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Jan
2022
Speed Cameras
Chicago's Speed Cameras Ticket 8X Faster After Limit Drops to 6 MPH
Chicago's speed cameras in 10 months churned out nearly as many tickets as the prior 3 years combined, handing every city household 2.2 tickets. The 8-fold spike came immediately after the city started ticketing at 6 mph over the limit.
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Oct
2021
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Oct
2021
Speed Cameras
Chicago Speed Cameras Largely Impact Black and Brown Drivers, According to Advocacy Group
A Chicago-based advocacy group said that red-light speed cameras are not only a cash-grab by city officials, but are disproportionately [...] impact[ing] Black and brown drivers, according to advocacy group appeared first on TheGrio.
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Oct
2021