Neighbors in Lincoln Park said mail trucks parked as far as the eye can see along busy Clark Street aren’t just taking up valuable parking, but potentially putting students in danger while they walk to school.
“It is imminently putting kids at risk,” said Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd). “There’s fire hydrants blocked, there’s stop signs blocked, there’s pedestrian crosswalks right there that are blocked.”
Jahel De Quesada was one of the dozens of parents and kids navigating the intersection of at Clark Street and Drummond Place on their way to nearby Alcott Elementary School on Thursday morning.
More than a year ago, U.S. Postal Service trucks began taking up nearly every inch of parking on the street near an annex building after losing access to a parking lot that USPS was leasing at the time.
“They block the streets,” De Quesada said. “It has been a huge problem.”
