Parking at 550 S Canal St
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550 S Canal St

Ward 28, cleaning section 1 · 96,080 parking tickets were written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
2
216 S Jefferson St (7 min walk) · 147 S Desplaines St (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 S Wells St alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning159 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 S Wells St — 159, 10 min walk SE
Permit zones10,463 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285, 8 min walk SE
  • 800 S Wells St — 1,269, 8 min walk SE
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 2 min walk NW
  • 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 7 min walk SE
  • 600 S Wells St — 892, 6 min walk E
Plate checks956 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 9 min walk W
  • 400 S La Salle St — 251, 8 min walk E
  • 700 W Gladys Ave — 107, 7 min walk NW
  • 800 S Halsted — 41, 9 min walk SW
Posted restrictions11,727 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 500 S Clark St — 2,757, 9 min walk E
  • 600 S Clinton St — 1,240, 2 min walk W
  • 100 W 9th St — 800, 10 min walk SE
  • 400 S Clark St — 683, 9 min walk E
  • 100 W Van Buren St — 652, 9 min walk E
Metered blocks67,987 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 700 S Clark St — 4,134, 10 min walk E
  • 600 S Clark St — 3,421, 9 min walk E
  • 500 W Taylor St — 3,141, 7 min walk S
  • 300 S Wells St — 2,719, 7 min walk NE
  • 600 W Jackson Blvd — 2,680, 6 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 30.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.