Bob Kastigar's Page

"Foster Avenue is becoming a speedway to the expressways and enforcing the speed limits, stopping at red lights, and ticketing passing on the right isn't happening. Two lanes of traffic in each direction are not necessary. Traffic should be…"

"So just push cyclists off the main streets just to make it easier and faster for cars? "

"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kastigar/sets/72157633493911907/ A few pictures from the 2013 Ride of Silence on May 15th, 2013"

"https://www.facebook.com/FosterSafety A group of citizens is trying to get Foster Avenue "dieted" down from 4-lanes to 2-lanes.   Ride to the cause: let's take tonight's ride (5/10) west on Foster, all the way from Clark,…"

"I think this would be a great idea for Foster Ave! I really hope that Ald. Laurino and Samadi take the suggestion of a road diet seriously and weren't just giving lip service. If streets were made to be safe for everyone, that it makes sense…"

"Getting it down to one lane would reduce the speeds.  It might even create stop and go traffic for a few hours a day. "

"This would be a better idea with the medians removed. Installing medians will speed cars up, because the drivers will be further from oncoming traffic and will end up treating Foster like a highway."

"Foster could end up being a good alternative to Lawrence, which is a mess at evening rush-hour.  As long as they don't put a protected bike lane in (keep that crap out of the NW side)."