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[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

They're there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies

(Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn't be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too)

Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters