Ticket News: Week In Review

This past week had a few minor announcements from city hall that pertain to my odd obsession with parking tickets. The first is that the plan to put cameras on street sweepers made it out of City Council committee. According to a report by the Sun-Times, some of the alderman on the committee were uneasy about this law because of the lack of consistent signage on street cleaning days. Streets and Sanitation claim they are going to be much more prolific with signs, trying to put at least five to six on each block. My thinking would be, why not install permanent signs, like they have in some areas (Wicker Park, Bucktown, Lakeview, Lincoln Park) on every block? That way drivers know well in advance the day of street cleaning. Sure it will be expensive, but with all the revenue these street sweeper cams will provide, the city can well afford it. Actually, it would be best if the city did both. Permanent signs, supplemented by paper signs a day or two before just as a reminder. And d...