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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67 residents is NOT, repeat, NOT a mandate for a mile-long street in a dense part of the city!
I've lived just off of Wood for over 12 years, right in the middle of this proposed project. I both bike and drive in the city. Wood St. is already fine for cycling as far as Chicago streets go! This will waste the time, effort, and emissions of hundreds or even thousands of people every day, and result in more cars on quieter side-streets or burning time and expensive gasoline idling on Ashland or Damen.
And for what? So some urbanist anti-car types can brag about working the system? The notion that this stupid project is wanted by residents because 67 people voted somewhere is bat[poop] insane. Total waste of money for an almost wholly negative result. I guess La Spata doesn't mind causing daily annoyances for many, many people in the 1st ward and hoping everyone forgets by election time.
Want to improve Wood St. for cyclists? Use the $$$ to fix the @%$^# road surface!!
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