I wanted to take some of the best ideas from other cities and even Chicago neighborhoods, and implement them here: What I’m proposing is not part of any existing plan, it would certainly be difficult and costly to implement, but ideas start somewhere, and aren’t always perfect, nor cost-effective, nor publicly appealing the first time around. It is an arterial, high-speed street that cuts through at least three neighborhoods with lots of people. North Avenue is not proposed to be any sort of bicycle-friendly street in the recently-released Chicago Streets for Cycling 2020 plan. How could we make North Avenue more friendly to pedestrians, people on bikes, and those arriving by public transportation? The only other direct way to get there is the #72 CTA bus, which often gets stuck in the traffic, or Division Street (1/2 mile south), which is also full of fast-moving traffic. But North is a perfect street to get from neighborhoods west of the Kennedy Expressway (Wicker Park, Humboldt Park, etc.) to this neighborhood and the Lakefront.
Riding a bike on North would be difficult and I would probably not attempt it. The intersection of diagonal Clybourn Avenue at North Avenue (pictured above) makes crossing Clybourn on the southern end of North difficult. Not even because there’s too much of it or a high average daily traffic count, but because there are too many opportunities for cars to exit/enter parking lots/garages along the street. Two-stage crossing at North Avenue and Clybourn Avenue.
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