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CAMPAIGN

Provide Intuitive and Direct Pedestrian Access Across Columbus and Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, IL
Provide Intuitive and Direct Pedestrian Access Across Columbus and Lake Shore Drive
Description:

The current pedestrian route to Museum Campus from Roosevelt Road is unintuitive and convoluted, treating pedestrians as the afterthought. At this corner, you can see where you want to go, but there's no sidewalk and you have to walk in the opposite direction of your destination in order to get there. Sidewalks should continue on both sides of urban streets, not end abruptly or force people to walk out of the way to cross a major roadway. Consider adding crosswalks, a bridge or even tunneling Lake Shore Drive underground at this juncture in order to provide more direct and intuitive routes for pedestrians to walk to Museum Campus from Roosevelt Road.

Chris Devins Chicago, IL

This is much needed

Rex Babiera Chicago, IL

Better signage and design cues could be added to direct people toward the pedestrian underpass below Lake Shore Drive

Michelle Stenzel Chicago, IL

This is very true. People often walk directly east from the Orange/Green line L stop on Roosevelt, naturally thinking there is a direct route for them to reach the Field Museum and beyond, but there currently is not.

Lee Crandell Chicago, IL

There's a more fundamental design flaw if signage is necessary for pedestrians to find their way across a street. When you can see where you want to go, it should not be that difficult to just walk there, unless you're designing a city to discourage people from walking. The issue is not that people can't find the underpass to the north (though tourist who can't read english may not find it) -- it's that using that underpass requires people to walk out of their way in the opposite direction of where they're going. That's not intuitive or convenient, and not exactly a warm welcome to people walking into Chicago's supposed front yard.

Benjamin Recchie Chicago, IL

The intersection between Roosevelt, Lake Shore, and Columbus is heavily trafficked and not at all conducive to adding sidewalks. Tunneling Lake Shore would be enormously expensive and disruptive. A sign at Roosevelt and Indiana telling people to cross there for the Museum Campus might be useful, but no more.