Chicago Parking

Frozen Parking Meters Have Residents Fuming, City Says To Be Expected

chicagotribune.com | James Janega | Posted 12.11.2009 | Chicago

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Certainly in the minds of some frustrated motorists, frozen meters fed more resentment over the city's newly privatized meters Thursday. But city and ...

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Overnight Parking Ban Going Into Effect

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago's overnight winter parking ban goes into effect at 3 a.m. Tuesday, meaning you need to be careful where you park tonight....

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Fleecing the USA Again: Non-Performance-Based P3 Banker Fees

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

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Michael Likosky

If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.

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Eric Zorn: The Good Things About The Parking Meter Deal

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

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Yes, I know there is much to dislike about the parking-meter deal in Chicago -- the city arguably didn't get its money's worth, prices have quadrupled...

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CTA Employees Park For Free?

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

The reason is a time-honored tradition in Chicago called professional courtesy. Many Parking Enforcement Aides will not ticket another city employee's vehicle.

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The Expired Meter Helps Protect Drivers Against Broken Meters

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 06.05.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

This flier reminds ticket writers of what the municipal code says about parking at a non-working meter.

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DOR Expands Use Of Photo Evidence For Parking Tickets

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

It seems Chicago's Department of Revenue has had so much success using photographic evidence when giving tickets, it's expanding the program.

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Ask The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

Unless you don't contest the ticket, or try to contest your ticket sans clothing, drooling and convulsing in front of the hearing officer, it should be impossible to lose this one.

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City Budget Cuts Affecting Speed Of Ticket Hearings

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

Recent changes and cutbacks are having a profound effect on drivers' ability to contest parking tickets and red light camera violations.

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Meathead City: Winter Parking "Place-Savers" and Other Primitive Behaviors

David Hoyt | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

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David Hoyt

Using junk to claim a shoveled parking spot fits right into an ethically dubious tradition of getting what you can for yourself from the public domain, with a Sopranos-style edge.

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Hey Moron! Get That Crap Off My Street!

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Winter Parking, Chicago Parking, Chicago Winter Parking Spots, Dibs Parking, Chicago Dibs Tradition, Dibs, Chicago Dibs, Chicago News
The Parking Ticket Geek

Street parking is first come, first serve. No matter the season, no matter the conditions, no matter if you happen to have your junk out on the street. No exceptions.

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City Phasing Out Coin Parking Meters

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago

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The quadrupling of fees this year to park at most meters in Chicago marks only the beginning of changes coming to a curbside near your car. [...] You ...

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Double Secret Probation for Global Parking Management in 32nd Ward

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cars, Global Parking Management, 32nd Ward Chicago, Scott Waguespack, Chicago Parking, Joe Grillo, Chicago Parking Restrictions, Denver Boot, Chicago News
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Just a few weeks ago, the fate of Global Parking Management had been sealed. The private booting firm was going to be given the boot from the 32nd Ward. But emotions seem to have cooled.

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Ask The Parking Ticket Geek-Holiday Edition

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

Aldermen are politicians. Politicians need votes to stay in office. Groups of pissed off and motivated people represent votes. Numbers are power. Organize.

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2009 Transit Forecast: Fare Hikes, Parking Increases, Construction Delays And (Maybe) Federal Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Road Construction, Cta, Public Transportation, Illinois Capital Bill, Chicago Parking Prices, O'Hare Modernization Project, Tollway Construction, CTA Fare Hikes, Chicago Parking, Chicago Transit, Chicago News

The Ride" is all about moving forward, not looking back. So this column is about what we can expect in transportation news in 2009. The economy may be...

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Holiday Gift Ideas For The Parking Scofflaw

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago

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With Christmas just a few days away, the Parking Ticket Geek has holiday gift ideas for that parking ticket challenged person in your life.

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Downtown Parking To Cost More: City Mulling Congestion Fee

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

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Motorists who insist on parking in downtown Chicago -- either on the street or in commercial lots or garages -- would pay a "congestion reduction" fee...

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Parking Meter Deal Proves Daley Hates Drivers

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

These rate increases will most profoundly affect the people who can least afford them--the poor and lower middle class.

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Parking Meter Rates To Quadruple

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

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Rates for most city parking meters will increase to $1 an hour in the coming months as a result of Mayor Richard Daley's deal to lease the spots for ...

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Winter Parking Rules Begin Monday

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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The winter overnight parking ban on Chicago's arterial streets will begin at 3 a.m. Monday, the city's Department of Streets and Sanitation said. Th...

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Ask The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

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The Parking Ticket Geek

This is the type of crap ticket that makes my blood boil.

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Winter Parking Ban Begins Monday

Chicago Tribune | Lauren R. Harrison | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

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The winter overnight parking ban on arterial streets in Chicago will begin at 3 a.m. Monday, the city's Department of Streets and Sanitation said. T...

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Database Points Way to Cheapest Parking

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

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There's got to be cheaper parking around here, somewhere. Let the Sun-Times help you find it. This Sun-Times database lets you search for parking, map...

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Ask The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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Another crap ticket courtesy of the city of Chicago. If a cop wrote this ticket, they were being lazy and should have looked up where your plates were registered. Instead they took the easy way out and wrote the ticket.

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Two-Ticket Boot Plan Almost Official

Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Denver Boot, Two Ticket Boot, Boot Threshold, Toni Preckwinkle, City Council, Mayor Daley, Danny Solis, Booting Cars, Chicago Parking, Chicago Parking Tickets, Parking Scofflaws, Chicago News

UPDATE Aldermen delayed a vote Monday on Mayor Daley's plan to boot the cars of drivers with just two unpaid tickets, rather than the current minimu...

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