Comments on: Details Unveiled for Lawrence Avenue Streetscape

By: Pawar Pitches Lawrence Avenue Improvements As School Boost | The Center Square Journal

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:32:36 +0000

[...] streetscape, first announced in 2010, has been on hold along with a host of other construction initiatives across the city while it [...]

By: Lawrence Avenue Updates: Construction Current and Future | The Center Square Journal

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:56:39 +0000

[...] lanes on Lawrence Ave. near the Metra station could open up sooner than anticipated, but the new Lawrence streetscape plan could permanently narrow the street to three lanes between Ashland and Western [...]

By: spudart

spudart — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:38:00 +0000

Oh no. Having to wait for the bus. Oh dear. Unless if you are driving children around, perhaps people need to be on the bus, instead of behind it. Now I know that automatic response will be, “I need my car for _____.” True. But I also know of many single people who simply drive for the convenience. Well, in the city, we take buses. We bicycle. We walk. If someone truly needs a car, then so bet it. Cars can fit in too. But I really wish people who don’t need to drive won’t drive as much.

I don’t mean this to be about you specifically, Maureen, I’m just simply replying to the first comment on the board. You do make an interesting point about the bus entering the bike lanes. But that’s just standard practice for all streets with bike lanes and buses. As an occasional bike rider, I have no problem with the bus entering the bike lane to drop someone off. I simply let the bus go ahead of me.

And that’s the general rule of thumb that would be nice for everyone to have… to let others go ahead of you first.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:35:00 +0000

Why Stop at Western ? Lets take it to the river. That’ll have to be addressed by the Greater Rockwell Organization I suppose… digging a little deeper into the grass roots.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:31:00 +0000

How about reducing the parking space area by ‘angle parking’, leaving room for bus stop in the 100 feet, placing a curb between drivers and bike lane and where bike lane is pinched by ‘angled parking’ create a narrow but well defined and partitioned bike/pedestrian sidewalk area. The sidewalk could be extra wide in areas not used for bus-stop, parking, or bike lane and leave some room for trees and planters, etc.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:16:00 +0000

My guess is that it will create additional traffic on Montrose first.

In any case – something has to be done with Lawrence.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:15:00 +0000

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

It’s broke.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:13:00 +0000

This is my main means of traveling toward the lake and downtown (from the Rockwell Crossing area). Anything that improves the current state of Lawrence Avenue is a step in the right direction. Lawrence needs help – count me in.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:01:09 +0000

This is an abysmally bad idea. It’s great that folks on here who don’t drive want to shut down two lanes of traffic. But for those of us who use Lawrence Avenue everyday to get our kids to daycare, school and ourselves to work, as well as those who actually want Lawrence to be used for commerce (like say the new Sears store), I can assure you that we will avoid this stretch of Lawrence like the plague (the way we now avoid Lawrence West of Western). Instead, we will be pushed with our cars onto the side streets like Winnemac, and away from the stores Gene would like us to patronize. Dumb dumb dumb. And yes, we will try and stop it.

By: Klay

Klay — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:30:44 +0000

Foster is already very congested so I don’t see that as a solution.