Parking at 550 W Randolph St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Randolph St. Everything here is from City records — 241,501 parking tickets written across 171 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
�201 N Upper Wacker Dr (5 min walk) · 380 W Wacker Dr (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 550 W Randolph St
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 700 W Quincy St alone took 830 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Permit zones1,272 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 700 W Quincy St — 830 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 100 S Green St — 442 tickets, 10 min walk SW
Plate checks1,554 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 N Clinton St — 1,192 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 600 W Fulton Market — 119 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 800 W Kinzie St — 114 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Posted restrictions14,849 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 500 W Madison St — 2,897 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 0 N La Salle St — 2,325 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 100 N La Salle St — 2,293 tickets, 9 min walk E
Metered blocks221,429 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 900 W Randolph St — 19,549 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 300 W Hubbard St — 9,123 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 400 N Franklin St — 7,430 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Other enforcement1,918 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 400 W Jackson Blvd — 487 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 0 S Clinton St — 289 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 0 N Canal St — 283 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
- 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
- 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
- 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
- 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
- 216 S Jefferson St — speed camera, 8 min walk S
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.