Record #: SO2018-6928   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/20/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 9/20/2018
Title: Traffic warning sign(s)/(signals) – establish
Sponsors: King, Sophia D., Burke, Edward M., Lopez, Raymond A., Solis, Daniel, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Waguespack, Scott, Laurino, Margaret, Napolitano, Anthony V.
Attachments: 1. SO2018-6928.pdf
Related files: O2018-290, O2018-5591, Or2018-376, Or2018-377, Or2018-378, Or2018-379, Or2018-388, O2018-6627, Or2018-394, Or2018-396, Or2018-397, Or2018-398, Or2018-399, O2018-6658, O2018-6659, O2018-6660, O2018-6661, Or2018-400, Or2018-401, Or2018-402, Or2018-403, Or2018-404
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|South Oakenwald Avenue and East 41st Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches - (18-00501898) [02018-290]
South Christiana Avenue and West 52nd Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches [Or2018-404]
West 57th Street and South Fairfield Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All Approaches [Or2018-400]
15 West 47th Street and South Francisco Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches [Or2018-401]
15 West Pope John Paul II Drive and South Mozart Street; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping
All Approaches [Or2018-402]
15 West 56th Street and South Fairfield Avenue; All Way Stop Sign, Stopping All
Approaches [Or2018-403]
25 West Madison Street and North Carpenter Street; Stop Sign, stopping west and
eastbound traffic on West Madison Street at North Carpenter Street. Not Recommended. West Madison Street is a minor arterial roadway with significantly higher traffic volumes than North Carpenter Street, a local roadway. Stop on streets with higher volumes such as West Madison 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 Madison Street and West Morgan Street, a stop sign at North Carpenter Street will be unexpected for drivers. Therefore, CDOT does, not recommend an All Way Stop Sign at this intersection - (18-02285512) [Or2018-376]
TRAFFIC WARNING SIGNS AND/OR SIGNALS CONT'D:

West Jackson Boulevard and South Sangamon Str...

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