SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9-12 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding a new Section 9-12-045, as follows:
9-12-045 Shared street pilot program.
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
"Shared street pilot program" means the shared street pilot program established pursuant to this Section.
"Shared street" means a public right of way which can be shared at the same time by pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicles and other legal conveyances, and where pedestrians have the right of way over all other traffic.
Authorization. The commissioner is authorized to establish a shared street pilot program on the following roadway:
Street Segment Coordinates
From To From To
Argyle Broadway Sheridan 1200W 1000W
(c) Rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following rules shall apply in a shared street:
Pedestrians may enter, walk along or cross a shared street at any time or point. Nothing provided in this subsection shall relieve a pedestrian from the duty of exercising due care.
Pedestrians entering or within a shared street shall have the right-of-way over vehicles, bicycles or other traffic. The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian within a shared street when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
The operator of a vehicle or bicyclist approaching an intersection within a shared street shall yield the right of-way to a vehicle or bicycle which has entered the intersection from a different roadway.
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(4) Subject'to Section 9-24-020, when two vehicles or bicycles enter an intersection from different streets at approximately the same time, the operator of the vehicle or bicyclist on the left shall yield th...
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