PB39th Ward

In favour!
What's the point of having a nice park and lovely forest nearby when it is a bit hard accessing them?

Turning out of that parking lot usually takes a long time, and the driveway is a bit too narrow for the amount of cars using the parking lot on a warm day. A traffic light and crosswalks would be a big help.

I can understand the desire for a light to the entrance of LaBagh Woods at Kilbourn but when Target on Foster opened a new light was installed to allow cars to enter the shopping parking lot. This light is, at most, one block west from Kilbourn, the location for the desired new light. There is also a light at Kostner, two streets east of Kilbourn. Instead of having lights at major intersections every four blocks, Foster in that area would have four lights between Kostner (W. 4400) and Cicero Avenue (W. 4800, including the Target light and the proposed light at Kilbourn. Four lights in four blocks is absurd; even with timing the lights cars could stopping at every block essentially, slowing traffic considerably. I suggest that the Chicago Dept. on Transportation do a study to assess the amount of car and pedestrian traffic in and out of LaBagh Woods at Kilbourn, and see if a fourth light is really necessary. I understand your position but I’m concerned about the impact

I am in favor of this for two reasons. First, people regularly risk their safety to cross Foster Ave into the park. Cars peel out and people make mad dashes across the road. Second, the stretch of Foster Ave between the new Target and Kostner Ave is essentially a drag strip.

If not a stop light then perhaps a speed camera would encourage cars to slow down enough to minimize the risk of accidents at that intersection.

I am in favor of this proposal because not only would it provide a safer way of facilitating traffic flow in/out of the park (as well as ped. crossing), a light here would also slow traffic down. Another commenter mentioned that this part of Foster Ave. between Kostner and the light at Target is essentially a drag strip and this is true. As for pedestrians, the only option of crossing the street relatively safely is at Kostner or Cicero. The light at Target/Edens is a bit treacherous due to the high speed some drivers use when coming or going onto the expressway or the Target parking lot, as well as the fact that there are 4+ lanes of traffic to cross from all directions.