City Council OKs more video surveillance — and more automated tickets

This going to apply to all of the cops parked in those bike lanes too?

I'm also excited for the other street safety bill that passed. I hope that this ordinance can make building safe streets infrastructure can become more of the default than the exception

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Approved an ordinance championed by 47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin (47th) requiring the Chicago Department of Transportation to “prioritize and incorporate” bike and pedestrian and mass transit improvements whenever arterial streets are resurfaced. The ordinance was a response to the death of two-year-old Rafi Cardenas. The toddler was mowed down by an SUV in a pedestrian crosswalk while riding his scooter in Lincoln Square last summer.

One correction to the story. It won't be targeting drivers. The tickets will be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle. This may, or may not be, the person who is in control of the vehicle.

Elston Ave is awful for this. The bike lanes right now are extra parking areas for delivery trucks, car washes and mechanics. Other drivers use it as a passing lane.