Data Explorer

LV2 Enforcement: Explore the Data

9,434 parking tickets. 6 seasons. Every record from our FOIA request, broken down by year, street, time, day, and outcome. Filter, query, and dig in.

Source: FOIA request, City of Chicago, filed August 2023 · Read the full data story · Check today's LV2 status

9,434
total tickets
2018–2023
$613K
estimated fines
collected
1,572
avg tickets
per season
19.4
avg tickets
per game day
Look up a street

Enter a street name to see its 6-year ticket history, risk level, and peak enforcement windows.

Year-Over-Year Trends
Tickets Issued per Season (2018–2023)

COVID-shortened 2020 season (60 games, no fans) is the clearest proof that LV2 enforcement is directly tied to fan attendance, not just game scheduling.

* 2020: 60-game season, no fans in attendance. ** 2023: partial data through August only.

Tickets by Street

Top 8 streets by total ticket volume, 2018–2023.

Enforcement by Hour of Day

When within the 5–10 PM window do officers issue the most tickets?

Tickets by Day of Week

Weekend day games generate the highest single-day ticket counts.

Tickets by Month

Peak enforcement tracks with the heart of the baseball season.

Ticket Outcome

What happened to the 9,434 tickets after they were issued.

Game Type Breakdown

Weekend day games account for disproportionately more tickets than their share of the schedule.

Street-Level Breakdown
All Streets: Ticket Volume by Year

Filter by year to compare enforcement patterns before COVID, during, and after the return of fans.

All Years
2018
2019
2020 (COVID)
2021
2022
2023*
# Street Tickets % of total Relative volume
Key Insights
What the data tells us

The patterns in 9,434 tickets reveal how LV2 enforcement actually works in practice.

5 PM is the danger zone. More tickets are issued in the first hour of enforcement (5–6 PM) than any other single hour. Officers begin writing immediately when the restriction activates. If your car is in the zone at 5:00 PM, it will likely be ticketed by 5:30 PM.
Saturday is the highest-risk day. Weekend day games (typically 1:20 PM Saturday) generate the most tickets. Fans arrive midday, park in the zone, the game ends around 4 PM, and LV2 activates at 5 PM before they return to their cars.
Sheffield and Kenmore account for 42% of all tickets. These two streets immediately east of the park are where the highest concentration of fan parking meets the highest enforcement presence. Avoiding these two streets eliminates nearly half the ticket risk.
2021 had the highest per-game ticket rate. When fans returned after COVID, ticket issuance per home game was higher than any other season. Likely explanation: two years of pent-up demand brought more visitors who were less familiar with LV2 rules.
18% of tickets go unpaid. About 1 in 6 tickets ends up in collections. This is consistent with Chicago parking ticket data citywide. The contested/dismissed rate (13%) is higher than average, suggesting some tickets are successfully fought, particularly for postponed games.
August is peak enforcement month. August combines the highest average attendance, the most weekend games, and the hottest weather (which correlates with higher street parking demand). September drops sharply as the school year starts and attendance patterns shift.