New Labor Rules for Uber and Lyft Should Help Cities
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A new California law making Uber and Lyft treat drivers as employees would have transportation benefits, too.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 13
|- Albany Parkers launch petition against new gas station, Ramirez-Rosa agrees with them (Block Club)
- “Minor fire” on tracks near Forest Park caused significant delays on the Blue Line (Sun-Times)
- Iconic sandwich shop Taurus Flavors, struck by a driver, may be demolished (Tribune)
- String of bike thefts in Evanston blamed on nice cycling weather (Evanston Now)
- Tribune’s Mary Schmich gets help from good Samaritans during her Brown Line + car commute
- Jefferson Park Forward celebrates Parking Day on Friday 9/20 near Jeff Park Transit Center
- Final Loop Alliance ACTIVATE alley party of 2019 Thursday 9/26, 5-10 PM in Couch Place, 170 N. State
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Thanks for your support, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
The Spectacular Benefits of Tactical Urbanism
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Better safety. Faster journeys. Higher ridership. A review of 20 temporary, low-cost demonstrations finds huge benefits.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 12
| | 1 Comment- How do we keep NIMBYs from killing good projects like the Dickens Greenway (Active Trans)
- In an effort to protect Lakefront Trail, beaches from high water, CDOT installing Jersey walls (Curbed)
- Judge says lawsuit to block Lincoln Yards may not pass legal muster (Block Club)
- Lori gets scrapyard near Lincoln Yards site to leave the North Side by 2020 (Tribune)
- Man charged with criminal sexual assault for attack at Pulaski Pink Line station (Sun-Times)
- Driver crashes into a building at Washington/Elizabeth in West Loop, occupants flee (Sun-Times)
- Drawings by late musician Wesley Willis, featuring cityscapes, transportation, showing at gallery (Block Club)
I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has donated so far this year to help us raise $50K by our December 1 deadline in order to win the $50K challenge grant from the Chicago Community Trust. Can you help us win the grant by chipping in? You can make a tax-exempt donation here.
Thanks for your support, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
Last Roll N Peace ride of the summer promotes public safety, cancer prevention
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"We're using cycling as the plan of action to address the mental health and wellness of the Englewood community," says co-organizer Lyana Funches.
Want to ride your bike more? Here are some tips for the casual cyclist
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If you feel like you never get around to riding your bike, or are nervous about riding in the city but want to give it a spin, here are some steps you can take to make it happen.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 11
| | 1 Comment- How walkable is Chicago? A new inventory of sidewalks maps the gaps (Curbed)
- Uber CEO discusses Chicago presence, whines complains about the Divvy/Lyft deal to WTTW
- Police looking for hit-and-run driver who killed male pedestrian, 53, in Waukegan (Sun-Times)
- Driver charged with hit-and-run for death of male motorcyclist in Crystal Lake (CBS)
- 5 injured, including 3 children, when driver makes a left without yielding in Lawndale (Sun-Times)
- Boy, 16, shot in his shoulder while biking in East Garfield Park (Sun-Times)
- Happy hour with the 2020 Transport Chicago steering committee 9/18, 5:30 at Haymarket Brewing
I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has donated so far this year to help us raise $50K by our December 1 deadline in order to win the $50K challenge grant from the Chicago Community Trust. Can you help us win the grant by chipping in? You can make a tax-exempt donation here.
Thanks for your support, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
Work begins on Wells-Wentworth Connector, linking Chinatown, Loop, and The 78
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Unlike other recently constructed highway-like five-lane roads in Chicago, the street will have only three lanes, and it will include speed tables and sidewalk bike lanes.
The CTA is getting ready for RPM, the mother of all Chicago transit projects
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The project will increase capacity and reliability, and reduce crowding, but it will also include three-year closures of the Lawrence and Berwyn stops.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 10
| | 9 Comments- Lincoln Yards opponents sue to stop $1.3B TIF subsidy (Block Club)
- 60-unit affordable housing building planned near California Pink stop in Little Village (Block Club)
- INRIX study argues that Chicago is one of the city’s that stands to gain the most from scooter use (Curbed)
- Man arrested after stabbing another man and cutting an officer at the Loyola Red Line stop (Tribune)
- In an era when housing is replacing gas stations, Albany Park is getting a new gas station (Block Club)
- CTA employees participate in “The Track to Learning” school supply giveaway (Chicago Defender)
- BUILD Uniting Communities for Peace ride 9/21, 5100 W. Harrison, meets 9 AM, departs 10 AM
I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has donated so far this year to help us raise $50K by our December 1 deadline in order to win the $50K challenge grant from the Chicago Community Trust. Can you help us win the grant by chipping in? You can make a tax-exempt donation here.
Thanks for your support, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’
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Critics say the latest Urban Mobility Report ignores the new realities of multi-modal transport.