# Traffic direction at N Central Park Ave from W Irving Park Rd to W Montrose Rd - One-Way southerly - amend

- Record number: **O2024-0009776**
- Type: Ordinance; category: Traffic
- Status: Final
- Sponsor: [Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/33) (33rd Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/pedestrian-and-traffic-safety)
- Submitted Date: May 28, 2024
- Introduction Date: Jun 12, 2024
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=3C61EF67-301D-EF11-9F89-001DD809D6BE)

## Impact report

> Written by AI from [the official document](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/0994ffeb-88dc-4b92-810b-ac9a5b9ac0b9.pdf). AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

This would amend the traffic rule on North Central Park Avenue from Irving Park Road to West Montrose Avenue so it is one-way southbound, except for bicycles.

**Who it affects**

- **Drivers using North Central Park Avenue**: Drivers would be allowed to travel only southbound on this stretch of the street.
- **People who ride bicycles**: Bicycle riders would be exempt from the one-way rule on this stretch of the street.
- **Residents of the 33rd Ward**: The change affects a street in the ward of the alderperson who introduced it.

**What changes**

- North Central Park Avenue between Irving Park Road and West Montrose Avenue would be one-way southbound.
- Bicycles would be excepted from the one-way southbound rule on this stretch.

**Where**: North Central Park Avenue; Irving Park Road; West Montrose Avenue; 33rd Ward

## Lobbying and money

> Computed links; money near a vote is not evidence that it influenced the vote.

**Who lobbied on it**

- North Park Elementary School Association: REZONING OF 2017 W. MONTROSE AVE. (1 filing, Oct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024; Rolando Acosta; matched by semantic embedding)

**Alderpersons who received money from these interests**

| Member | Amount | From |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Brian Hopkins](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/2) | $2,100 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Matthew J. Martin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/47) | $1,551 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Jessica L. Fuentes](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/26) | $1,035 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Nicole T. Lee](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/11) | $1,000 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Samantha Nugent](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/39) | $1,000 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Andre Vasquez Jr.](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/40) | $1,000 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [James M. Gardiner](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/45) | $1,000 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Daniel La Spata](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/1) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Desmon C. Yancy](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/5) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Raymond A. Lopez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/15) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Matthew J. O'Shea](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/19) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Felix Cardona Jr.](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/31) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Maria E. Hadden](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/49) | $500 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |
| [Emma Mitts](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/37) | $250 | Rolando Acosta (lobbyist for North Park Elementary School Association) |

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