Parking at 550 S Columbus Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 S Columbus Dr. Everything here is from City records — 106,146 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
385 Michigan Ave (5 min walk) · 311 S Michigan Ave (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 550 S Columbus Dr
plate checks is the thing to watch around here: 400 S Plymouth Ct alone took 585 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Plate checks962 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 300 S State St — 211 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 400 S State St — 90 tickets, 7 min walk W
Posted restrictions19,701 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 0 E Adams St — 3,471 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 100 S Michigan — 2,024 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 0 E Monroe St — 1,941 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Metered blocks84,319 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 S Wabash Ave — 6,176 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 0 E 9th St — 6,004 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 200 S Wabash Ave — 5,054 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Other enforcement755 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 400 S Dearborn St — 686 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 600 S Michigan — 69 tickets, 4 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 385 Michigan Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
- 311 S Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
- 73 E Jackson Blvd — red-light camera, 6 min walk NW
- 200 S Michigan Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NW
- 629 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk W
- 630 S State St — speed camera, 8 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 cameras nearby.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.