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==Infrastructure== [[File:Stop-sign-oak-lawn.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|A former Oak Lawn stop sign]] Oak Lawn has a [[Oak Lawn station|commuter railroad station]] on [[Metra]]'s [[SouthWest Service]] line with service to downtown Chicago and [[Manhattan, Illinois]]. It has connections to two [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] routes, while other routes run along the village borders. ===Stop sign program=== In mid-2007, Oak Lawn began hanging additional messages to village stop signs in an attempt to have drivers obey the signs. The signs were the idea of the village President, Dave Heilmann, and local residents were encouraged to submit their own ideas. Found throughout the village, the signs garnered attention with the press and were not well received by residents, nor did they noticeably impact public safety.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011121453/http://www.suntimes.com/news/579910,CST-NWS-stop29.article Stop me if you've heard this one: Traffic signs offer humor with a message] Chicago Sun-Times, September 29, 2007</ref> While considered humorous by some, many others considered it a publicity stunt at tax payer's expense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-05-01-0804300951-story.html|title=Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 2008 }}</ref> The [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) and [[IDOT]] voiced their concerns about the use of these nonconforming stop signs and the village removed them in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc5.com/news/16067259/detail.html?rss=chi&psp=news|title=Chicago Local News, Weather, Traffic, US & World and Breaking News|website=NBC Chicago}}</ref> Initially, the Village President refused to remove the signs until IDOT threatened to withhold millions of dollars in funding for infrastructure.
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