Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-2063

• Record #: O2022-2063
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/20/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Joint Committee: Finance; Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2 and 9 by adding new Article XVII entitled "Bus Lane Traffic Enforcement" and modifying various sections regarding automated speed enforcement system violations
• Sponsors: La Spata, Daniel , Martin, Matthew J.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 32 Dept. of Finance, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 100 Admin. Adjudication of Parking, Compliance, Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System or Automated Speed Enforcement System Violations, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 101 Radar Based Mobile Photo Speed Enforcement Program
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
9/16/2022		Joint Committee: Finance; Pedestrian and Traffic Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/20/2022	51227	City Council	Referred

Joint Committee on Finance and Pedestrian and Traffic Safety July 20, 2022 City Council Meeting
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Title 9 of the Municipal Code.of the City ,of Chicago establishes various traffic and parking standards, as well as administrative standards for adjudicating penalties for violations of traffic and parking violationsfand,
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago operates a Vision Zero commitment to infrastructure design and policy to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic crashes, noting "The City of Chicago believes that even one life lost in a traffic crash is unacceptable. We all have the right to walk, bike, take public transit, and drive on streets that are safe for everyone, regardless of who we are or where we live"; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, ("the City Council") has recognized the importance of Vision Zero commitments, including through infrastructure spending to the Department of Transportation ("the Department").to establish more protected bike lanes and other traffic, calming infrastructure, and through the passage of ordinances and hosting of hearings on the Department's Vision Zero policies; and,
WHEREAS, during hearings for Ordinance 202-1-1227, which proposes to lift the threshold of automated speed camera enforcement against the recommendation of the Department of Transportation and against the principles of Vision Zero policy, numerous members of the City Council argued that automated speed enforcement penalties should proceed in a progressive manner, resulting in greater fines for higher speeds traveled (which correspond to a greater likelihood of death in the result of a crash); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago issued a 2022 Climate Action Plan, which includes numerous strategies that are consistent with Vision Zero policies, Including a strategy to "Increase Transit Performance and Encourage Equitable Transit-Oriented Development." This strategy includes numerous actions, such as: expanding, the use ...