Fwd: Pedestrian from Glen Ellyn hit by truck on North Ave. in Glendale Heights

Dan see the email below and attached one page flyer about a very dangerous problem related to safe roads and access to the nearby Great Western Trail.

 

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From: SAFERoadways@aol.com
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Sent: 11/10/2010 5:51:24 P.M. Central Standard Time
Subj: Pedestrian from Glen Ellyn hit by truck on North Ave. in Glendale Heights

 

Pedestrian from Glen Ellyn hit by truck on North Ave. in Glendale Heights and is now in critical condition.

Here is the news article: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101110/news/711119895/

Pedestrians should but don't have to wear reflective clothing. We need crosswalks. Without crosswalks people try to cross where ever they can which makes the roads more dangerous for everyone. At Bloomingdale Rd. sidewalks lead up to North Ave but there are no crosswalks. People have to walk or ride a bicycle when they cannot afford a car or second vehicle to get to work, buy groceries at Valle Produce or pickup prescriptions at CVS. With multiple turn lanes North Ave is now expanded up to 9 lanes wide and there are coordinated turn sequencing lights which endangers pedestrians and bicycle riders every day.

Contact your local officials and county board members asking them to get crosswalks added to the intersection at Bloomingdale Rd and North Ave.

Many more intersections east and west of Glendale Heights need crosswalks along North Ave too. Get more info at www.saferoadways.net Click here to get the names and contact info. for all your elected representatives at the website for the IL Board of Elections: http://www.elections.state.il.us/DLS/Pages/DLSAddressCrit.asp

GO TO THE ATTACHED ONE PAGE FLYER for more information.