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City pilot and CTA bus cameras to enforce bus lanes and bike lanes; committee voices ADA pickup-zone concerns
Summary
CTA staff and City partners told the ADA advisory committee that a downtown Smart Streets pilot will allow camera‑based enforcement of bus lanes, bus stops and bike lanes; CDOT reported early enforcement captured thousands of violations and CTA signed a contract with Hayden AI to pilot bus‑mounted cameras.
John Cherwinski, CTA director of service planning and traffic engineering, briefed the committee on the Smart Streets pilot — a City of Chicago program passed by City Council that permits automated camera enforcement of bus lanes, bus stops and protected bike lanes within a defined downtown pilot area.
Cherwinski explained the pilot area is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Ashland, Roosevelt and the lakefront and said CDOT has already deployed Department of Finance vehicles to gather enforcement evidence. City staff reported that between the pilot’s warning period and the early enforcement window (December–February), CDOT captured 6,286 violations; the…
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