Nearly 20 years after a CTA experiment with bus surveillance cameras failed miserably, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to try it again and then some.
Chicago motorists who block bus lanes, bike lanes. crosswalks or loading zones might soon get nailed by surveillance cameras installed on CTA buses, "city vehicles," light poles and other property pinpointed by City Hall.
It calls for creating a pair of pilot programs — "Smart Streets" and "Smart Loading Zones" — that use cameras to nail wayward motorists."These two pilots are aimed at encouraging better behavior behind the [wheel]. That’s really what we’re fundamentally about. We want to change driver behavior to make sure our streets are safer," Lightfoot told a news conference after the Council meeting.
In 2002, then-CTA President Frank Kruesi proposed Chicago follow London’s lead. The City Council authorized the crackdown at the same time that red-light cameras made their debut in Chicago. "The problem now is exacerbated by ride-share drivers. But it’s really everybody. Once you see that ride-share drivers can park and obstruct travel lanes anywhere they want, then everybody starts doing it. We just have widespread disregard for no-parking, no-standing restrictions. And it causes traffic backups," Hopkins said.
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