"Last week, Alderman Daniel La Spata hosted a community meeting with representatives from delivery robot companies Coco and Serve Robotics. The politician was seeking feedback on an operational expansion into the 1st Ward, an area encompassing the neighborhoods Wicker Park and Logan Square. They were met with urgent questions over questions about accessibility, data hoarding, and pedestrian safety, Block Club reported."
"It got roughly 500 responses, nearly 83 percent of which said they "strongly disagreed" that the robots should be allowed to operate beyond the eastern border of Wicker Park. "That doesn't sound like a maybe," La Spata told Block Club. "We're not pulling back Coco from their current partial service area on the east side of the ward, but there is no appetite for expansion.""
Late in 2025 a fleet of delivery robots arrived in Chicago, clogging sidewalks, injuring residents, and triggering a community campaign to ban them from streets. Alderman Daniel La Spata held a public meeting with representatives from Coco and Serve Robotics to gather community feedback on expansion into the 1st Ward, which includes Wicker Park and Logan Square. A ward survey received roughly 500 responses, with nearly 83 percent strongly opposing expansion beyond eastern Wicker Park. La Spata temporarily banned Serve from the ward and has halted Coco's expansion plans absent community support. Serve defended robots as a last-mile delivery solution.
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