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Dangerous Intersection
I am requesting a mid avenue refuge, stop sign, stop light, or a blinking pedestrian crosswalk at the corner of Cicero and Hiawatha Ave. This is a 4 lane avenue with multiple businesses and bus stops on each side. As many of the older residents have moved on, there are a plethora of new families that have moved in on Cicero and LaCrosse Ave. There are many families that try to cross both in the morning and afternoon with their kids going to and from school. Many are stuck in the middle of the 4 lane avenue with no refuge and cars that do not stop! There is an immediate care on the east side and the edens bulidings on the west side of the street which bring many people including workers, migrants, and civilians to and from. There are bus stops on both the east and west side of the streets at this intersection. This is dangerous and people have been hit in this intersection. I propose some type of median refuge, stop sign, stop light, or blinking light crosswalk.
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My Grandson was walking home from school a few years ago and was clipped by an oncoming car and suffered a concussion. Something needs to be done for our children to cross the street safely to get to school.
I am for this! I think the problem we'll run into is this is most likely an iDOT route meaning there would be extra hoops to jump through.
I see the same problems all along Pulaski.
Another added danger here is the lengthening of the walk by making this crosswalk diagonal. Even if the street is diagonal, the crosswalks should always be a straight shot so as to shorten the distance pedestrians would have to walk.
I'm all for a pedestrian refuge, signs, flashing lights with beg buttons...anything to slow drivers down, especially after five-year-old boy Taha Khan was killed very close to there by a hit and run last year.
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