CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is making a public appeal to save one of her signature policies: ticketing drivers caught by automated speed cameras going as little as 6 mph over the limit.
That practice — unpopular with many drivers but welcomed by some street safety advocates — suffered a significant setback Tuesday by a large bloc of aldermen who voted to roll it back.
The City Council Finance Committee voted 16-15 to advance mayoral critic 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale’s proposal to reset the speed camera ticket and raise the ticket threshold to 10 mph over the speed limit, as it used to be. Now, the mayor is gearing up for a showdown that could lead to her first veto should the legislation pass the full council on Wednesday.
