Chicago

====Parking====
Due to Chicago's [[Wheel Tax]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://chicityclerk.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Signed%20Admin%20Rules%20with%20No%20Fee%20Veteran%20Update%201-27-2021.pdf
|title=Chicago Wheel Tax Administrative Rules
|date=January 27, 2021
|publisher=City of Chicago Office of the City Clerk
|access-date=February 1, 2024
}}</ref> residents of Chicago who own a vehicle are required to purchase a Chicago City Vehicle Sticker.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://ezbuy.chicityclerk.com/vehicle-stickers
|title=Vehicle Stickers
|date=2024
|publisher=City of Chicago Office of the City Clerk
|access-date=February 1, 2024
}}</ref> In established Residential Parking Zones, only local residents can purchase Zone-specific parking stickers for themselves and guests.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://311.chicago.gov/s/article/Residential-zone-parking?language=en_US
|title=Residential Zone Parking
|date=December 12, 2018
|publisher=City of Chicago Office of the City Clerk
|access-date=February 1, 2024
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://jkalov.carto.com/viz/d52e0db0-8654-11e4-9a46-0e9d821ea90d/public_map
|title=Chicago Residential Parking Zones
|date=2015
|website=jkalov.carto.com
|access-date=February 1, 2024
}}</ref>

Chicago since 2009 has relinquished rights to its [[Commercial area|public]] street parking.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-parking-ticket-paybox-snow/1892557/
|title=Paying for Parking: It's Snow Joke
|date=January 7, 2010
|publisher=NBC 5 Chicago
|access-date=August 12, 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812165146/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-parking-ticket-paybox-snow/1892557/
|archive-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> In 2008, as Chicago struggled to close a growing budget deficit, the city agreed to a 75-year, $1.16 billion deal to lease its [[parking meter]] system to an operating company created by [[Morgan Stanley]], called [[Chicago Parking Meters LLC]]. Daley said the "agreement is very good news for the taxpayers of Chicago because it will provide more than $1 billion in net proceeds that can be used during this very difficult economy."<ref name=fail>{{cite news |title=FAIL: The Reader's Parking Meter Investigation; Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke's report on the privatization of Chicago's parking meters, how the deal went down, and its fallout |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fail-chicago-parking-meter-privatization-archive/Content?oid=1265254 |newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]] |date=December 10, 2009}} {{cite news |title=FAIL, Part One: Chicago's Parking Meter Lease Deal; How Daley and his crew hid their process from the public, ignored their own rules, railroaded the City Council, and screwed the taxpayers on the parking meter lease deal |first1=Ben |last1=Joravsky |first2=Mick |last2=Dumke |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fail-parking-meters-lease-deal/Content?oid=1098561 |newspaper=Chicago Reader |date=April 9, 2009}} {{cite news |title=FAIL, Part Two: One BILLION Dollars! New evidence suggests Chicago leased out its parking meters for a fraction of what they're worth |date=May 21, 2009 |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/one-billion-dollars-parking-meter-fiasco-part-two/Content?oid=1123046 |newspaper=Chicago Reader |first1=Ben |last1=Joravsky |first2=Mick |last2=Dumke }} {{cite news |title=FAIL, Part Three: The Insiders; Who benefited from the parking meter fiasco |first1=Ben |last1=Joravsky |first2=Mick |last2=Dumke  |date= June 18, 2009|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-parking-meter-fiasco-part-iii/Content?oid=1127436 |newspaper=Chicago Reader}}</ref>

The rights of the parking ticket lease end in 2081, and since 2022 have already recouped over $1.5 billion in revenue for [[Chicago Parking Meters LLC]] investors.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/5/26/23143356/chicago-parking-meters-75-year-lease-daley-city-council-audit-skyway-loop-garages-krislov
|title=Parking meter deal gets even worse for Chicago taxpayers, annual audit shows
|date=May 26, 2022
|publisher=Chicago Sun TImes
|access-date=August 12, 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526231258/https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/5/26/23143356/chicago-parking-meters-75-year-lease-daley-city-council-audit-skyway-loop-garages-krislov
|archive-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
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