Slow Down!
If you’ve been down Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive recently, you know that it resembles a rocky mountain road more than an urban thoroughfare.
Radio talk show hosts can make jokes about the numerous potholes along the lakefront road, but very few people are laughing. In fact, the situation is so bad, public transportation officials have decided not to raise Lake Shore Drive’s speed limit.
Normally, from April 1 through November 1, Lake Shore Drive’s speed limit is set at 45 mph (72 kmph). But the pothole situation has gotten so bad, the Chicago Department of Transportation has determined that it’s just not …read more
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