New Chicago speed cameras issued more than 91,000 tickets in one month: data

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New speed cameras in Chicago issued more than 91,000 speeding tickets in their first month of operation, according to an analysis of city data by ABC7 Chicago.



Twenty-two traffic cameras went live in June.

The new cameras alone issued 91,616 tickets in June. That makes up 38% of all the tickets issued by cameras in that month.

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In all, city data showed that the 186 speed cameras issued 240,831 tickets in June.



That's the most in any month since October 2022, according to city data.



A new camera near a daycare at 3358 South Ashland has generated the most tickets in the city. It issued 21,180 tickets. It went live on June 15.



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