Cortland & Wood Neighborhood Greenways
WHAT ARE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS? CORTLAND & WOOD Neighborhood greenways are located on lower-volume, residential streets and prioritize NEIGHBORHOOD the comfort and safety of people walking and riding their bikes. Neighborhood greenways have slower motor vehicle speeds, less cut- GREENWAYS through motor vehicle traffic, and improve COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT connections to nearby destinations for all modes of transportation by incorporating traffic Kennedy Expy Map Elements calming, pavement markings, and signage.
Proposed Cortland/Wood Armitage Ave Neighborhood Greenway Buffer-Protected Bike Lane PROJECT BACKGROUND: Neighborhood Greenway Bike Lane Marked Shared Lane Bloomingdale Trail Access Point
Cortland St
Drummond Elementary St. Mary’s Honore St Paulina St Damen Ave Wolcott Ave Wolcott Ashland Ave Marshfield Ave
Churchill Hermitage Ave Winchester Ave Park Bloomingale Trail COMMUNITY COORDINATION Walsh Park The concepts for the Wood and Cortland neighborhood greenways have been developed in coordination with neighborhood representatives and the local aldermen. Your input will further refine the concepts and lead to a final design.
Wabansia Ave
Burr
Elementary Wood St Wood
North Ave
Pierce Ave Elk Grove Ave COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS The Cortland and Wood neighborhood greenways Le Moyne St will provide better walking and biking connections for residents to the following: • Bloomingdale Trail • Existing & future bikeways Honore St Julian St • The 606 • Schools • Neighborhood Retail Districts • Parks • Clybourn Metra Station • Churches Beach Ave Wicker Park
MilwaukeeDean Ave Park Blackhawk St Wicker Park Ave
Pritzker Evergreen Ave Wolcott Ave
Ellen St
Potomac Ave Wood St Wood DATA COLLECTION CDOT conducted bicycle, pedestrian, and motor Crystal St vehicle traffic counts in May of 2016. The traffic counts illustrate that both Wood and Cortland are popular streets to walk and ride a bike on. Traffic count were Division St conducted during the weekday peak hours (7-9am & 4-6pm) and weekend mid-day (noon-2pm).
Bicycle Mode Share
FEET 250 Wood Street: 17% 500 750 1,000 Cortland Street: 20% CORTLAND Cortland St WEST SEGMENT BLOCK CORTLAND ST
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1 Minute DO Fire Station GREENWAY Standin Drivewa from: Damen Ave one Pavement to: Wood St
Standing Zone Markin s COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
Bike Damen Ave Left-Turn Bo
Cortland St
Cur E tensions Parking BIKE TURN BOX - DAMEN AVE TRAFFIC CIRCLE CURB EXTENSION BIKE FRIENDLY SPEED HUMP • Reduces motor vehicle speeds • Curb extensions to improve pedestrian crossing • Increases pedestrian visibility • Comfortable to ride a bike over • Bike turn box to improve bicyclist crossing • Reduces injury crashes • Reduces pedestrian crossing distance • Slows motor vehicle traffic • Accommodates buses, maintenance trucks, and emergency • Discourages motor vehicle cut-through traffic • Fire station pavement markings vehicles • May include landscaping
Curb Extensions Bike Friendly Speed Hump Curb Extensions Bike Friendly Speed HumpTraffic Circle Bike Turn Box Bike Friendly Speed Hump Traffic Circle Bike Friendly Speed Hump
Throu hout Cortland St Throu hout Corridor Eastbound & Westbound Corridor Stop Sign Removal SPEED St. Mary’s LIMIT
Drummond Honore St Wol ott Ave Wol ott Damen Ave Elementary 20 St Wood
Win hester Ave M E
Proposed Cortland/Wood Neighborhood Greenway
Buffer-Protected Bike Lane Neighborhood Greenway Bike Lane Marked Shared Lane FEET 125 250 Cur E tensions CORTLAND CORTLAND ST New EAST SEGMENT Cur Crosswalk Ba k-In Bike Left E tension Turn Bo An led & Bus Sto GREENWAY Parkin from: Wood St Removal to: Ashland Ave
COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
Cortland St Traffic Circle Cortland St Cur E tension To Raised Bloomin dale Crosswalk Trail
New Cortland St Paulina St Continetal Crosswalks Marshfield Ave Marshfield Wood St Wood TRAFFIC CIRCLE - WOOD ST BIKE FRIENDLY SPEED HUMP CURB EXTENSIONS - PAULINA ST BIKE TURN BOX - MARSHFIELD AVE • Reduces motor vehicle speeds • Comfortable to ride a bike over • Increases pedestrian visibility • Bike turn box to assist bicyclists turning left to the Bloomingdale Trail • Reduces injury crashes • Slows motor vehicle traffic • Reduces pedestrian crossing distance • Raised crosswalk across Marshfield Ave • Accommodates buses, maintenance trucks, and emergency vehicles • Discourages motor vehicle cut-through traffic • Expanded sidewalk space • New crosswalk across Cortland St
Cortland St BUS STOP Bike Turn Box BUS STOP Curb Extensions Bike Friendly Speed Hump Traffic Circle Bike Friendly Speed Hump Pedestrian Imporvements
BUS STOP BUS STOP Throughout Throughout
Corridor Corridor Kennedy Expy SPEED St. Mary’s LIMIT Paulina Ave Ashland Ave
Hermitage Ave 20 M E Marshfield Ave
Proposed Cortland/Wood Neighborhood Greenway
Buffer-Protected Bike Lane
Wood St Wood Neighborhood Greenway Bike Lane Marked Shared Lane FEET 125 250 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: WOOD ST GREENWAY from: Milwaukee Ave to: Cortland St
COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
M E Proposed Cortland/Wood TRAFFIC CIRCLES Cortland St Traffic Circle Neighborhood Greenway Buffer-Protected Bike Lane • Reduces motor vehicle speeds Neighborhood Greenway Bike Lane • Reduces injury crashes Marked Shared Lane Bloomingdale Trail Access Point • Accommodates buses, maintenance trucks, St. Mary’s and emergency vehicles Drummond Elementary Honore St Wol ott Ave Wol ott Hermita e Ave Paulina St
Bloomingdale Trail Access Point BIKE FRIENDLY SPEED HUMPS Throu hout • Comfortable to ride a bike over Corridor • Slows motor vehicle traffic SPEED • Discourages motor vehicle cut-through traffic LIMIT Bike Friendly Speed Hump 20
Curb Extensions Wa ansia Ave
Throu hout Corridor CURB EXTENSIONS • Increases pedestrian visibility Bike Friendly Speed Hump • Reduces pedestrian crossing distance • May include landscaping
North Ave Wood St Wood Elk Grove Ave
Pier e Ave RAISED CROSSWALK Bike Friendly Speed Hump • Level pedestrian crossing • Increases pedestrian visibility Milwaukee Ave Stop Sign Removal Le Mo ne St • Slows motor vehicle traffic Raised Crosswalk
New ADA Crosswalk Julian St
Bike Friendly Speed Hump
Bea h Ave Wicker Park BIKE BOX Bike Box
Ever reen Ave Dean Park • Dedicated space for stopped bicyclists
FEET 250 500 750 • Increases visibility of bicyclists 1,000 WOOD ST GREENWAY from: Milwaukee Ave to: Cortland St
COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
CURB EXTENSION CURRENT CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION AT WABANSIA Curb extensions proposed at Wabansia will improve the pedestrian crossings by reinforcing existing no parking zones and preventing people from illegally Bucktown parking next to the crosswalk. Curb extensions may Market include landscaping if a community representative(s) Wood St Wood sign a Landscape Maintenance Agreement. CDOT will provide the initial plantings and work with the community to understand maintenance Wabansia responsibilities. Ave To (LOOKING EAST) Landscaping maintenance of curb extensions include: Bloomin dale • Watering and landscape upkeep Trail • Pulling weeds within the curb extension • Removing debris from within the curb extension Cur • Removing leaves to allow for proper drainage E tensions • Reporting damage to Alderman's office
(LOOKING SOUTH)
CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION AND STOP SIGN REMOVAL AT ELK GROVE, JULIAN, AND LE MOYNE A raised crosswalk is proposed at the existing crossing at Elk Grove to prioritize pedestrians by increasing Le Moyne St their visibility and reducing motor vehicle speeds. Raised Crosswalk Sto Si n A new marked crosswalk and ADA compliant ramps Removal are proposed at the Julian all-way stop sign.
The northbound and southbound stop signs at Le Moyne are proposed to be removed to prioritize users Elk Grove Ave of the greenway. The existing all-way stop does not meet federal warrants and is not necessary since Le Moyne is a one-way street. Raised Crosswalk New ADA Crosswalk Wood St Wood
STOP ALL WAY Julian St
BIKE BOX CURRENT CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION AT MILWAUKEE Bike boxes increase the visibility of people riding Pro osed Beach Ave Bike Bo bikes. An advanced stop bar for motorists and green Milwaukee Ave Milwaukee Ave pavement markings provide space for bicyclists to queue in front of motorists and enter the intersection Wood St first. A bike box is proposed on the north leg of Wood St the Milwaukee and Wood intersection to match the Green Shared existing bike box on the south leg. Lane Markin s
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COMPLETE STREETSPROJECT STOP Curbextensions,abike STOP STOP The eastbound and Wolcott Ave The traffic volumes
STOP Curb extensions will shorten crossingdistancesforpeoplewalking Curb extensionswillshorten Cortland St Cortland to/from Drummond Elementary School. Thecurbextensionswill to/from DrummondElementary also reinforceexisting no parkingzonesandwillaccommodate Safety Lane Drop Off Safety LaneDropOff PROPOSED CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION (LOOKING NORTH) CURRENT CONDITION pick-up/drop-off andbus operations. Cur E tensions Speed Hump S eed Hum Stop Sign Removal Elementary Elementary Drummond Traffic Circle School Bus Zone STOP STOP PROPOSED CONDITION 1 Minute Left-Turn Standin
Cortland St Cortland STOP Winchester St
one Bike
Bo Cortland St Cortland Kiss-n-Ride Removal Stop Sign
Parking Standing Zone STOP STOP Speed Hump BLOCK NOT Honore St DO
Damen Ave SEGMENT WEST CORTLAND Markin s Pavement Drivewa Fire Station E tensions Cur Cortland St Cortland STOP CORTLAND CORTLAND ST EAST SEGMENT GREENWAY from: Wood St to: Ashland Ave
COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
BIKE TURN BOX PROPOSED CONDITION AT MARSHFIELD (LOOKING NORTHEAST) The Cortland and Wood neighborhood greenways provide improved connections to the 606 Park System and the Bloomingdale Trail. People riding bikes westbound on Cortland turn left on Marshfield to access the Bloomingdale Trail and Walsh park. The proposed bike turn box will allow bicyclists to pull to the side and face Marshfield, similar to a pedestrian, before crossing the street. Green markings will help guide bicyclists and inform motorists of the crossing.
A new marked crosswalk and curb extensions are proposed at Marshfield. The new marked crosswalk will provide convenient access for pedestrians between the 606, businesses on Cortland, and public transportation.
A raised crosswalk across Marshfield will prioritize CURRENT CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION pedestrians, reduce motor vehicle speeds, and communicate that Marshfield and Cortland are streets Cur E tensions New with high volumes of people walking and riding their Crosswalk bikes. Bike Left Turn Bo
Bike lanes are proposed between Marshfield and the Ashland intersection and viaduct lighting was recently upgraded. (LOOKING EAST)
24-31% of roadway users at this intersection are Cortland St either walking or riding a bike.
To Raised Bloomin dale Crosswalk Trail
(LOOKING NORTHEAST) Marshfield Ave Marshfield CURB EXTENSION CURRENT CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION AT PAULINA Curb extensions are proposed at Paulina to improve pedestrian crossings and complement the commercial land uses on this segment of Cortland. Curb extensions create wider sidewalks and expand the possibilities of additional uses on the sidewalk such as sidewalk cafes, bike parking, or seated areas. These curb extensions are feasible because the existing CTA bus stop at Paulina is proposed to be removed to (LOOKING NORTH) improve bus efficiency. The existing CTA bus stops on Cortland at Hermitage and Ashland will remain.
Existing angled parking on Cortland is proposed to be converted to back-in angled parking, similar to what exists on Wood south of Cortland. Back-in angled parking makes it easier for motorists to see people riding their bikes when exiting their parking EXPANDED SIDEWALK SPACE (LOOKING EAST) (IMAGE SHOWS A PEOPLE SPOT ON LINCOLN AVE) space. CURRENT CONDITION PROPOSED CONDITION Cur Ba k-In E tension An led & Bus Sto Parkin Removal
Cortland St Cortland St Cur E tension Paulina St Paulina St