Chicago parking by address · Near West Side · Ward 34

Parking at 550 W Madison St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Madison St. Everything here is from City records — 215,011 parking tickets written across 175 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
147 S Desplaines St (3 min walk) · 216 S Jefferson St (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 550 W Madison St

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 100 S Peoria St alone took 1,369 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Permit zones6,912 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 100 S Peoria St — 1,369 tickets, 8 min walk W
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 700 W Quincy St — 830 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks2,427 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 N Clinton St — 1,192 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557 tickets, 9 min walk SW
  • 200 S Peoria St — 452 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Posted restrictions10,880 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 500 W Madison St — 2,897 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 100 W Washington St — 1,477 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 100 W Madison St — 1,189 tickets, 9 min walk E
Metered blocks191,443 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 900 W Randolph St — 19,549 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 100 N Sangamon St — 6,828 tickets, 10 min walk W
  • 100 N Wells St — 6,588 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Other enforcement2,904 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 100 W Adams St — 713 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 400 W Jackson Blvd — 487 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 300 W Jackson Blvd — 337 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 3 min walk SW
  • 216 S Jefferson St — speed camera, 4 min walk S
  • 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 6 min walk W
  • �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE

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.
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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 34, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.