Bryn Mawr/Sheridan Pedestrian Safety Infrastructure Proposal (2025 Participatory Budgeting Referendum)

In 2017, CDOT worked with the 48th ward office, community members, and IDOT to develop a pedestrian safety infrastructure proposal for Bryn Mawr and Sheridan. 

The proposal didn’t move forward at the time, and some neighbors have approached our office and asked to revisit this conversation. A vote in favor of this referendum is a vote to revisit these concepts from 2017 with a community engagement and feedback process. See the plans from 2017 below.

2017 Bryn Mawr/Sheridan Intersection Proposal

Current Bryn Mawr/Sheridan Intersection

The 2017 proposal included the following:

• Move the entrance of the driveway at Edgewater Beach Apartments from Sheridan Road to Bryn Mawr. This reduces the distance to cross Bryn Mawr, increasing pedestrian safety.  

• Remove the traffic signal for the driveway. The traffic signal for the drive-way has separate signal phasing that impacts the entire intersection. Removing this traffic signal reduces overall wait time at the intersection. 

• Remove the right-hand turn lane from Bryn Mawr onto Sheridan Road. This would reduce the distance to cross Bryn Mawr, increasing pedestrian safety. The traffic volume turning right was low at the time that this concept was proposed. 

• Move the bike lane.

• Increase the sidewalk width to nine feet.

• Create space for a sidewalk cafe on the SE corner of the intersection.

• Maintain two-way driveway with a lane for parking. 

• Add a mid-block cross-walk on Bryn Mawr. 

• Increase the size of the pedestrian island on the east leg of Bryn Mawr, and align the cross-walk with shared path for greater visibility. 

• Change the volume and placement of on-street parking (-2 parking spaces total)

  • +9 spaces on the east side of Sheridan south of Bryn Mawr

  • -9 spaces on the south side of Bryn Mawr

  • -2 spaces in frontage driveway

As a community, should we revisit the 2017 proposal for pedestrian safety infrastructure improvements at Bryn Mawr and Sheridan? Click here to vote.

*NOTE: This is a non-binding referendum and this project is not up for 2025 PB funding. This is a multi-million dollar project that would require multiple funding sources. We are taking advantage of the participatory budgeting voting process to gauge community interest in this proposal; the results of this vote do not constitute a final decision on the project's future.