Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety meeting, October 5, 2023
- When: Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 9:30 AM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
- Video: https://vimeo.com/871197177
- Transcript: full text (2,844 words, official captions)
Meeting notes
AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.
The Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety allowed two members to attend remotely and heard four public commenters, who raised concerns about residential parking, remote attendance by members, signage and lighting for people with visual impairments, and called for more protected bike lanes. The committee approved its September Rule 45 report and, by the same roll call used to establish quorum, recommended approval of all direct-introduction ordinances, the departmentally recommended ordinances, ordinances without departmental recommendations, and disabled parking ordinances. The chair noted a reformatted agenda and said committee procedures would be shared with ward offices.
Topics: public comment, protected bike lanes, signage and accessibility, residential parking, disabled parking ordinances, traffic ordinances
Agenda items discussed
- 41:30 Rule 45 report from September: passed
- 42:27 Direct introduction ordinances (agenda pages 1-4): passed
- 42:46 Ordinances recommended by city departments (agenda page 5): passed
- 43:06 Ordinances without departmental recommendation (agenda pages 6-8): passed
- 43:52 Disabled parking ordinances (agenda pages 9-27): passed
Alderpersons who spoke
- Daniel La Spata (chair): Told a public commenter that infrastructure, signage and accessibility issues are topics the committee is committed to working on. (34:18); Said committee staff reformatted the agenda for clarity and would send ward offices a document outlining committee procedures. (42:01)