Record #: SO2019-9362   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 12/18/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 12/18/2019
Title: Traffic sign(s)/signal(s) - establish and amend
Sponsors: King, Sophia D., Sawyer, Roderick T., Mitchell, Gregory I., Quinn, Marty, Burke, Edward M., Burnett, Jr., Walter, Villegas, Gilbert
Attachments: 1. SO2019-9362.pdf
Related files: O2019-8090, O2018-9065, O2019-6497, Or2019-419, Or2019-420, Or2019-427, O2019-6498, O2019-6500, O2019-6501, O2019-7293, Or2019-429, O2019-8588
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:
|109|East 35th Street; Amend Ordinance passed 7/24/2019, Journal page 2704 which
reads: East 35th Street and South Rhodes Avenue; All-Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches by Striking the (east) leg of South Rhodes Avenue and inserting in lieu thereof; the (west) leg of South Rhodes Avenue -- (19-02032687) [02019-8090]
West 72nd Street and South Wentworth Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches - (19-02129699) [02018-9065]
East 94th Street and South Manistee Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches - (19-01818913) [02019-8588]
13 South Mayfield Avenue and West 64th Place; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches - (19-01986322) [Or2019-427]
West 72nd Street and South Lawndale Avenue; All-Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches - (19-01986315) [Or2019-429]
South Kildare Avenue and West 40th Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches -- (19-02031257) [Or2019-419]

14 West 40th Street and South Kildare Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches - (19-02031292) [Or2019-420]

27 South Green Street and West Jackson Boulevard; Jackson Boulevard is a major
collector roadway with significantly higher traffic volumes than Green Street, a local roadway. Stop signs on streets with higher volumes such as West. Jackson Boulevard tend to increase rear-end crashes, increase congestion, and create a false sense of security for pedestrians that every vehicle will stop. Therefore, CDOT does not recommend an all-way stop at this intersection. - (19-01627398) [02019-6497]


South Green Street and West Van Buren Street, All Way Stop Sign, Stopping Al...

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