Got to keep them honest, folks, and there's nothing like a camera to do it.  Especially in Chicago, where there are a LOT of such cameras. But this is about those wonderful red-light cameras that we're continually hearing about. Now, you might think that an intersection where there are constant accidents might well benefit from the ...

The word out of Chicago right now--and Chicago readers, I'm inviting you to post your comments on this one--is that it's rapidly becoming the center for security cameras being literally everywhere in the United States. In fact, a lot of activist groups are up in arms over the recent revelation that Shytown's got a whole lot ...

Now THIS might be the scariest news you'll read all day. Apparently, the city of Chicago is so cash strapped that they can't afford to install any more of the universally hated red light cameras.  Perhaps the greatest irony of the whole mess is that red light cameras are generally regarded as a revenue MAKER as ...

It used to be that, in Chevy Chase, you could buck the law as long as you were in a sufficiently large group.  They had speed cameras, but the cameras would snap a picture of whatever was in front of it.  If there were two, three, or more cars, it was impossible to tell which ...

You'd think that, at some point, all these city founders who think to themselves that maybe speed / traffic / crime cameras are a good idea would look at the sheer and enormous outcry against them and say, jeepers, maybe this is the most boneheaded move I could make. Well, government work must cause brain damage ...

We've been following the phenomenon of speed cameras going up in various cities all around the nation.  We've been to places like Baltimore and Chicago and a whole host of others ( okay, so right now that whole host is one other city)  but now we've got a real strange one to talk about. Seems ...

The folks out in Taneytown, Maryland, may well want to consider Baltimore and Chicago's troubles with speed cameras, because they're planning to be next in. The mayor of Tareyton, James L. McCarron Jr, is looking at getting the cameras in following a new state law allowing their use in school zones, calling it a "good idea" ...

So for those of you who thought that Chicago might be the only one with a problem with their traffic camera operations, you can put that out of your head right now.  Seems Baltimore is also stepping up and saying enough is enough. The Baltimore County chapter of Americans for Prosperity filed ethics complains over one ...

Fodor's Travel and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium announce that they are co-sponsoring a travel photography contest called "Show Us Your Chicago." Beginning June 22nd, 2009, visitors to Fodors.com can upload and share their favorite photos of Chicago with other travelers and a chance to win prizes. From June 22nd to July 31st, 2009, Fodors.com members are asked ...