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Reimagining a safer 183rd Street: Historic traffic study provides clues for improvements

Let’s head west on 183rd Street, starting at Halsted Street. A car might be returning home from a shopping trip to Target. Maybe it just exited the expressway. It could be a driver avoiding the tollway between work and home.

Now the drivers are on 183rd, cruising down a corridor lined with closely packed driveways and side streets. The speed limit is 30 miles per hour, but most regulars and residents know drivers there often…

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