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December 17, 2015
A Blank Slate: Wells St. Extension Can Embody CDOT’s New Values
The Chicago Department of Transportation has a rare clean-slate opportunity to design a Street of Dreams -- a street that incorporates many leading-edge safety features. That opportunity is phase three of their Wells-Wentworth Connector between Chinatown and the South Loop, a future southward extension of Wells Street that longtime South Loop resident Dennis McClendon calls "Riverside Boulevard."
May 30, 2014
The Lakefront Trail Really Is Open All Day, All Night
Have you ever been hassled by Chicago police officers while bicycling on the Lakefront Trail after parks officially close at 11 PM? You're not alone. Sebastian Huydts, who bicycles for most of his transportation needs, has been stopped twice this year -- most recently on May 13, at about 11:15 p.m. "They actually told me to stop with a bright light and asked why I was there," Huydts recently told Streetsblog. The police insisted that the park is closed after 11 p.m., telling Huydts "that you cannot use the path after that time, and that it wasn't safe anyways."
May 30, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Woman Killed in Hit-And-Run Crash While Bicycling in Bridgeport (Sun-Times, My Bike Advocate) DNA Info Writes About Same Crash But With Robot Car Perspective Saturday Final Day to Use Chicago Card and Reload Magnetic CTA Cards (Chicagoist) Crain’s Cites Unsubstantiated View That Divvy “Merely a Toy for Yuppies and Tourists” Harrison Red Line Station Closed This … Continued
May 30, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Augusta Buffered Lanes and Repaved Milwaukee PBLs
Due to the cold spring, the Chicago Department of Transportation's bikeways construction season got off to a late start. Thermoplastic pavement markings don’t adhere properly to asphalt at temperatures below 50 Fahrenheit, as evidenced by bike lanes and crosswalks in various parts of town that were striped too late in the season in 2013 and have quickly deteriorated. Therefore, it was wise to wait for warmer weather this year.
May 29, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Wood St. Neighborhood Greenway Construction Starts
Crews were out installing lane markings and bike symbols for a Wood Street bike route, running through Wicker Park, on Wednesday. They installed a contraflow bike lane on Wicker Park Avenue, which runs one-way westbound. The lane will allow for eastbound bicyclists to continue along Wood via a short diagonal jog via Wolcott Avenue and Wicker Park, and then back to Wood.
May 29, 2014
State Rep Tries to Dock Block Divvy Stations in Front of Schools
In a case of thinking locally and acting globally, state rep Jaime Andrade (40th) introduced legislation that would have banned the installation of bike-share stations in front of all Illinois schools, not long after a Divvy station was placed by the school he co-founded.
May 28, 2014
Scheinfeld Talks About Divvy, PBLs, Traffic Cams, and Long Term Goals
In this final installment of my interview with Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld, we talked about the Divvy expansion, traffic cameras, protected bike lanes, and her overall goals as CDOT chief. Read the first and second parts of the interview here and here.
May 23, 2014