PB 1st Ward 2021
#PB1 Contribute to the 1st ward's participatory budgeting!
Wood St (Ellen - Grand)
Budget
$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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If it's participatory budgeting, how about asking ALL ( or at least the majority) of the residents, not just the 67 who said yes to this?
Wood St has always been two-way. Not against bikes, but there are other streets which could be used for safe biking. No reason to change the direction of Wood! That would create so much traffic. Also, how are people supposed to get from division to their street being inclosed by one way northbound streets all around? How would you get to let's say Haddon? Honore is northbound one way, so is Hermitage. If this project is supposed to create greener environment, it's already a fiasco, as people would have to drive through many more streets and traffic to get to their house.
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