Starting Tuesday, April 1, the City of Chicago will begin issuing warnings at 16 new automated speed enforcement camera locations near schools and parks. Warning notices (without fines) will be issued for the first 30 days after each new camera is activated. Following the warning period and 14 day blackout period, citations will be issued to the registered owners of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by six miles per hour (mph) or more. Vehicles traveling 6–10 mph over the speed limit will be fined $35, while those traveling 11 mph or more over the limit will be fined $100.

Chicago’s speed camera program is one of several tools used to support the City’s efforts to improve traffic safety, encourage safer driving, and reduce crashes through street design, traffic calming and pedestrian infrastructure improvements. 

The new cameras are listed below by installation address, with their designated safety zone:  

• 1455 W Grand Ave – Bickerdike Square Park 
• 2716 W Logan Blvd – Lorenz Brentano Elementary School 
• 2310 E 103rd St – Trumbull Park 
• 2728 S Archer Ave – Palmisano Park
• 3510 W 55th St – Senka Park 
• 8740 S Vincennes St – Mahalia Jackson High School 
• 1341 W Jackson Blvd – Skinner Park 
• 3665 N Austin Ave – Ole A. Thorp Elementary Scholastic Academy 
• 5059 N Damen Ave – Winnemac Park 
• 6824 W Foster Ave – John W. Garvy Elementary School 
• 220 W Fullerton Ave – Lincoln Park 
• 5432 N Central Ave – James B. Farnsworth Elementary School 
• 4118 N Ashland Ave – Lake View High School  
• 4714 N Ashland Ave – Chase Park 
• 5857 N Broadway – Broadway Armory Park 
• 7115 N Sheridan Rd – Loyola Park 

 
Additional locations will be added to the network throughout the year.

Automated enforcement hours for school zone cameras are limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on school days (Monday through Friday). From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the speed limit is 20 mph when children are present and reverts to the posted speed limit when no children are present. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., the posted speed limit applies. For park zone cameras, enforcement is limited to the hours when each park is open—typically from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. 
 
All automated enforcement systems include signs and pavement markings clearly indicating to drivers that they are entering an automated speed enforcement Safety Zone. 

• Locations of speed cameras currently issuing citations are available in the City Data Portal and on ChicagoTrafficTracker.com.   
• Answers to frequently asked questions about speed cameras are available here: Automated Speed Enforcement Frequently Asked Questions.  
• Learn more about the City’s traffic safety strategies at Chicago.gov/CompleteStreets.