I would like to add to the pushback about the traffic-calming measures all around Oak Park. In particular, the sticks that keep popping up around the village. They make our community look like it is constantly under construction. I live on East Avenue, which has always been a problem when it comes to cars speeding down our street, especially since they are trying to catch the green light at Roosevelt.
The village has cul-de-sac’d most streets to the east of us and put speed bumps to the west of us. While these measures don’t bother me, they do increase the load that East Avenue has to carry from cars trying to avoid or go around them.
I’m all for speed bumps and would gladly welcome one on East Avenue. I believe it is the only way traffic will slow down. The sticks on Fillmore and East only make it harder to make a right turn, but once cars have done this, they speed down the rest of the street.
This isn’t a fight about driver’s rights over safety. I believe we can have both and add a little beauty in there as well. Get rid of the sticks and replace them with bumpouts.
Kathleen Paoli
Oak Park