A Half-Million Chicago Drivers Have Unpaid Sticker Tickets – 11,400 Applied For Relief
Advocates are disappointed the city didn’t do more to encourage drivers to sign up for debt relief. The city says more reforms are coming.
Elliott Ramos
Former Data Editor
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Drivers Have Until Dec. 15 To Get City Sticker Tickets Dropped
Only a fraction of drivers have applied so far, and city officials are urging residents not to wait.
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Chicago Regularly Sells Cars Lost To Winter Parking Ban
Since 2009, the city has sold more than 1,200 vehicles that were caught up in the winter ban.
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Chicago Launches Ticket Debt Forgiveness Website, New Payment Plans
As many as 500,000 drivers could be eligible to have at least three city sticker tickets dropped.
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Chicago Suspends Street-Sweeping This Week
The leaves fell, then iced, and that means no street-sweeping tickets. We mapped the affected areas.
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Chicago Police Misuse Parking Placards
The inspector general’s office saw police, and their family and friends, park near Soldier Field, Wrigley Field and a downtown theater.
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500,000 Drivers Could Receive Debt Relief From City Sticker Tickets
Attention, Chicago motorists: You have until Oct. 31 to buy a city sticker and then qualify for a new debt forgiveness program.
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City Council Approves Ticket And Debt Collection Reforms
The measures, which were prompted by a ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ Chicago investigation, are scheduled to take effect by mid-November.
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Chicago Removed 15,500 Ride-share Drivers For Ticket Debt
This year alone, city policy required Uber and Lyft to suspend more than 15,500 people — about 15% of local ride-share drivers.
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Lightfoot Announces Plan To Stop Suspending Licenses For Parking Tickets
The mayor also wants to reduce the max fee for not having a valid city sticker and give drivers with a boot an extra day to pay their fines.
