PB 1st Ward 2021
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Wood St (Ellen - Grand)
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$325,000
67 votes
Reference: -PROJ-2021-11-17
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Wood St is a designated bike route in Chicago's bike plan. This proposal would upgrade bike infrastructure from Chicago Ave. to Ellen St. by adding protected two-way bike lanes for a full mile on this street. Wood would be changed from two-way to one-way (northbound) to accommodate these bike lanes and preserve residential parking.
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So having a much wider bike way on a larger street such as Wolcott is not as appealing? Wolcott is actually wide enough to have have full hard barrier protected bike lanes. If the bike lanes are put on Wood, the only sizable option is bollards and painted lane markings. That would allow Wolcott to become a two way street, with more room for cars to maneuver and increased vehicular traffic on a street that is quite quiet right now.
Wolcott is a good option too and certainly if it came down to having better protection for the bike lane, then yes - it would be a better option. As a biker who frequently using Wood to get around, the central location of the street in Wicker and Ukrainian Village is ideal to encourage more greater bike use. I just hope that the perfect doesn't be the enemy of the good and this propose is shot down because of it; then we need to wait another 5 years before another effort is made to protect bikers on this vitally important route.
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