Vision Zero

Thank you for your question. The section of Chicago Avenue mentioned, between Oak Park Avenue and Ridgeland Avenue, has been identified as a segment on the High Injury Network (HIN) per crash analysis performed by the Vision Zero team. As such, the Vision Zero team is currently working on developing a concept design for various bike and pedestrian safety improvements along the this segment of Chicago. The team is also working on three other segments/intersections identified on the HIN. If the concepts are approved as part of the Vision Zero Action Plan by the Village Board, the Village will begin to engage with the community on the design and continue the process of implementing safety improvements along the segment.At this time, the Vision Zero Action Plan is still in draft form, pending final approval from the Village Board of Trustees anticipated in 2025. The draft plan will be reviewed by the Transportation Commission at its November 11 meeting.

Thanks for contacting us with your question. Traffic safety around parks and schools has been highlighted during community engagement efforts as key areas for safety improvements. The Village recently recevied good news that it has been awarded a grant through Safe Streets for All Planning and Demonstration. This grant will be used to implement some of the recommendations from the Vision Zero plan. This grant will fund quick-build safety tools at up to 10 locations near park and schools, on top of various other planning and demonstration efforts.

Thanks for reaching out. The Village’s Vision Zero team is in the process of refining its recommendations for the final Vision Zero plan, which is expected to be completed this fall, and brought to the Village board for approval this winter. Click here for a project update from May that captures some of the feedback from the community and how it is helping to form the development of the Vision Zero plan. For more information about the project, feel free to email publicworks@oak-park.us.

An example of how community feedback is shaping the plan is related to the traffic calming toolbox. At the last Vision Zero open house in July, a variety of potential traffic calming tools were presented for residents to vote on if they would like to see a given traffic calming tool in the community or not. Through these votes, and conversation with residents and the Vision Zero team, this feedback helped refine the proposed tool box for the Vision Zero draft plan.

Blocking a driveway or parking on or across a sidewalk is not allowed in Oak Park per Village Code 15-1-19: Miscellaneous Parking Offenses. 

Thanks for reaching out. The Vision Zero project is midway through the planning process, and  the project team is hard at work drafting recommendations for how to improve traffic safety in Oak Park. Findings from crash data, policy review, community engagement and discussions with key stakeholders are all supporting the development of the plan. Learn more about the project’s findings under the “Documents” section on this page (www.engageoakpark.com/visionzero). The planning process will continue into this fall. So far, the project team has gathered and analyzed more than 900 pieces of community feedback through survey responses and open house activities. Residents will have more opportunities to provide feedback on the draft plan before it is finalized. Visit the Public Works Department’s booth at A Day in Our Village on Sun., June 2, to learn more about Vision Zero’s progress and details about the next public open house. You can also email publicworks@oak-park.us for more information about the Vision Zero project.

Thank you for contacting us with your question. Pavement markings will be applied to all of the speed humps that were installed this fall as part of the Village’s annual street resurfacing project.  Signs indicating a speed hump will also be installed in the near future.