Record #: SO2018-3998   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 5/25/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 5/25/2018
Title: Traffic warning sign(s)/(signals) – establish
Sponsors: Thompson, Patrick D., Brookins, Jr., Howard, Zalewski, Michael R., Solis, Daniel, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Ervin, Jason C., Austin, Carrie M., Reboyras, Ariel
Attachments: 1. SO2018-3998.pdf
Related files: O2018-890, Or2018-97, Or2018-96, Or2018-95, Or2018-157, Or2018-155, O2017-8614, Or2018-133, Or2018-200, Or2018-188, Or2018-199
TRAFFIC WARNING SIGN AND/OR SIGNALS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Title 9, Chapter 64, of the Municipal Code of Chicago, that the Commissioner of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed to erect and/or amend Traffic Warning Signs and Signals, for the following locations are hereby designated:
WARD TRAFFIC WARNING SIGNS AND/OR SIGNALS:
11 West 31st Street and South Shields Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches [Or2018-199]
21 West 85th Street and South Carpenter Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches [Or2018-188]
23 South Neva Avenue and West 56th Street; Two Way Stop Sign, Stopping east and
west traffic [Or2018-200]
25 West 18th Street and South Sangamon Street; Stop Sign, stopping east and west
bound traffic on West 18th Street at South Sangamon Street. Not Recommended. West 18th Street is a collector roadway with higher volumes than South Sangamon Street, a local street. Stop signs on streets with higher volumes such as 18th Street tend to increase rear-end crashes, increase congestion, and create a false sense of security for pedestrians that every vehicle will stop. Additionally, stop compliance is particularly low at T-intersections. Stop Sign. Not Recommended. CDOT does not recommend a stop sign stopping traffic on 18th Street — (18-01130503) [Or2018-133]
27 South Wood Street and West Jackson Boulevard; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches - (18-00057133) [02017-8614]
28 West Hastings Street and South Paulina Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches - (18-01206376) [Or2018-155]
28 West Fifth Avenue and South Albany Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches -- (18-01206878) [Or2018-157]
34 South Green Street and West 128th Place; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches -- (18-008788679) [Or2018-95]
34 West 128th Place and South Peoria Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches - (18-00879973) [Or2018-96]
West 129th Place and South Peoria Street; Two Way Stop Sign, Stopping westbound traffic on West 129th place at South Peoria Street, -- (18-00878740) [02018-97]WARD AMEND TRAFFIC WARNING SIGNS AND/OR SIGNALS:
30 West Waveland Avenue and North Avers Avenue; Repeal Ordinance Passed
12/13/2017, journal page 63422, which reads: West Waveland Avenue and North Avers Avenue; Stop Sign, Stopping West Waveland Avenue for North Avers Avenue, by Striking the above — (18-00932971) [02018-890]
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force here in after its passage and publication.
CHICAGO, MAY 23, 2018To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, to which were referred proposed ordinance(s) and/or order(s) to erect and/or amend Traffic Warning Signs and Signals, begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body DO PASS the proposed substitute ordinance(s) and/or order(s) submitted herewith.
This recommendation was concurred in by all members of the Committee present, with no dissenting votes.
Respectfully submitted,

Walter Burnett, Jr.
Chairman,
Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety