CHICAGO, JULY 25, 2018
To The President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body DO NOT PASS the sundry proposed ordinance(s) and/or order(s) submitted herewith which were referred to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety concerning Traffic Regulations and Traffic Signs, et cetera as follows:
V. The following items Were NOT RECOMMENDED by the'City Department(s) and FAILED TO PASS:
WARD PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES - DISABLED:
50 6112 North Mozart Street, Disabled Permit 115104 [02018-4219]
WARD LOADING ZONES / STANDING ZONES
48 6019 North Kenmore Avenue; Repeal Disabled Loading Zone. Not Recommended.
Request Withdrawn by Alderman - (18-00531822) [02018-266]
WARD RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONES:
26 2600-2699 West Potomac Avenue (north and south sides); Residential Permit Parking
Zone. Not Recommended [Or2018-267]
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26 2300-2399 West Ohio Street (north and south sides); Residential Permit Parking Zone.
Not Recommended [Or2018-268]
28 3300-3399 West Van Buren Street (north and south sides); Residential Permit Parking
Zone. Not Recommended. Duplicate of Or2018-318 [Or2017-252]
2600-2659 North Menard Avenue (east and west sides) from West Wrightwood Avenue to West Schubert Avenue; Residential Permit Parking Zone. Not Recommended [Or2018-217]
5300-5399 West Nelson Street (north and south sides) between North Lockwood Avenue to North Long Avenue; Residential Permit Parking Zone. Not Recommended [Or2018-320]
35 3900-3999 North St. Louis Avenue (east and west sides); Residential Permit Parking
Zone 114. Not Recommended. Duplicate of 02018-4936 [Or2018-151]
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONES CONT'D:
West Shakespeare Avenue from 2200-2259 North Parkside Avenue (east and west sides); Residential Permit Parking Zone. Not Recommended [Or2018-163]
SINGLE DIRECTION:
West Cortland Street from North Pulaski Road to North Lawndale Avenue; Single Direction - Southerly. Not Recommended. West Cortland Street is a two-way local road between North Pulaski Road and North Lawndale Avenue. West Cortland is an east-west street; therefore, CDOT does not recommend this one way conversion ordinance - (18-01731940) [02018-4305]
West Lemoyne Street from North Kildare Avenue to North Tripp Avenue; Single Direction - Easterly.' Not Recommended. West Le Moyne Street operates as a two-way local road east of North Kildare Avenue and as a one-way eastbound local road west of North Kildare Avenue. North Tripp Avenue operates as a two-way local road south of West Grand Avenue and dead-ends into West Le Moyne Street. Southbound motorists on North Tripp Avenue would reach a dead-end at West Le Moyne without a turnaround location if West Le Moyne Street, east of North Kildare Avenue, was converted to a one-way eastbound road. Therefore, CDOT does not recommend converting West Le Moyne Street to a single direction eastbound street east of North Kildare Avenue -- (18-01731922) [02018-4308]
TRAFFIC WARNING SIGNS AND/OR SIGNALS:
West 59th Street and South Komensky Avenue; Two Way Stop Sign. Not Recommended. West 59th Street is a major collector roadway with significantly higher traffic volumes than South Komensky Avenue, a one way northbound residential street. Stop signs on streets with higher volumes such as West 59th Street tend to increase rear-end crashes, increase congestion, and create a false sense of security for pedestrians that every vehicle will stop. Stop compliance is particularly low at T-intersections. Additionally, due to this intersection's proximity to the traffic signal at West 59th Street and South Pulaski Road, a stop sign at South Komensky Avenue will be unexpected for drivers. Therefore, CDOT does not recommend an All Way Stop Sign at this intersection - (18-01731514) [Or2018-254]
West 95th Street and South Eggleston Street; Stop Sign, Stopping east and westbound traffic on West 95th Street. Not Recommended. West 95th Street is a major arterial roadway with significantly higher traffic volumes than South Eggleston Avenue, a local street. Stop signs on streets with higher volumes such as West 95th Street tend to increase rear-end crashes, increase congestion, and create a false sense of security for pedestrians that every vehicle will stop. Stop compliance is particularly low at T-intersections. Additionally, there is an existing pedestrian refuge island on West 95th Street at the south leg of South Eggleston Street that allows pedestrians to cross traffic one direction at a time. Therefore, CDOT does not recommend an All Way Stop Sign at this intersection -- (18-01381289) [Or2018-189]
These Do Not Pass recommendations were concurred in by al! members of the Committee present, with no dissenting votes.
Respectfully submitted,
Walter Burnett, Jr. Chairman,
Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety