Cumulative from 2011 to '17. sounds like an overly aggressive campaign that has resulted in sensible pushback.

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Chicago lawmakers have initiated some reforms to make it easier for low-income residents to afford city stickers or to pay fines if they are ticketed. Later this year, motorists will be able to pay for their stickers in four-month installments, a move aimed at encouraging more owners to purchase them in the first place.

The city is also weighing proposals to make impound and parking-related fees contingent on a resident’s ability to pay.

https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-seize-cars-tickets-1283106

The Chicago area has lost residents for a third consecutive year while the country’s Southern and Western areas saw population gains.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/brea...story.html

An estimated 13,286 residents left the Chicago metropolitan area — which extends from the city to its suburbs and into parts of Indiana and Wisconsin — according to 2017 data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. It translates to a decrease of less than 1 percent.

In other words not enough to be noticeable during rush hour in cars or on trains and buses.

Parts of the Chicago area are growing, including the city’s downtown, but other areas, like suburban Cook County, haven’t seen any growth, Paral said.

“It’s not like a catastrophe,” Paral said. “It’s more that for years we have had a slow growth/no growth pattern here. When you look at other areas, a lot of our peers are slow growth/steadily growing.”

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