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The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for public way infrastructure, including planning, design, construction, maintenance and management.

CDOT handles:

  • street, alley, sidewalk, and curb and gutter construction and maintenance
  • bridge and viaduct construction and maintenance
  • public way inspections and permitting
  • signs and pavement markings
  • traffic signals and streetlights
  • red-light camera enforcement
  • traffic engineering
  • planter and median construction and maintenance
  • bicycle and pedestrian programs
  • ground-transportation planning

Most Recent News (Transportation)

Aug 26, 2010 Fall 2010 bridge lift schedule
Aug 18, 2010 Humboldt Drive traffic test begins in August
Aug 9, 2010 Monroe Street/Art Institute crosswalk installation
Aug 6, 2010 Walk/Bike to School Day--host school sought for Safe Routes Ambassadors
Jul 23, 2010 LaSalle Drive, LSD to Clark--project begins July 26
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Transportation

  • Phone: 312-744-3600
  • Fax: 312.744.1200
  • 30 N. LaSalle Street
  • Suite 1100
  • Chicago, IL 60602

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