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American Traffic Solutions Blocks School Speed Zone Bill, Then Lies About It
By John Greenfield |
Illinois schoolchildren are at least six months further away from getting better protection from speeding drivers, after American Traffic Solutions, a speed camera company, successfully lobbied against proposed state legislation that would have extended school speed zone hours. To add insult to injury, the firm is falsely claiming it did nothing to obstruct the bill. […]
Will Blackline Buses Be a Threat or a Complement to the CTA?
By John Greenfield |
A new bus company called Blackline will offer upscale, express commuter service that will compete with the CTA. It remains to be seen whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing for local transit. As reported in Crain’s Friday, Blackline will be running “luxury buses” between Belmont/Sheridan in Lakeview and three stops in the […]
Architect Urges Big-Picture, Design Thinking For North Lake Shore Drive
By Steven Vance |
Local architect John Krause sees the reconstruction of North Lake Shore Drive, one of Chicago’s most scenic locations, as a chance to think big — not just about the road, but also about parks, transit, trails, the shoreline, and the future of the city alongside it. The Illinois Department of Transportation isn’t used to thinking […]
Does Montrose Beach Really Need So Much Car Parking?
By John Greenfield |
In the wake of a melee at Montrose Beach last Sunday — the latest in a series of violent incidents — 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman proposed an intriguing strategy for preventing violence: reduce the number of parking spots at the beach. On Sunday afternoon, a large group of people gathered at Montrose for an […]
Waguespack Sends a Fear Mongering Email About BRT to Constituents
By John Greenfield |
As I’ve written many times on this website, 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack has done some good things for the city, and he’s a likeable person. So it’s painful to see him take an increasingly reactionary stance against the CTA’s plan to create a more efficient and equitable Ashland Avenue by building a bus rapid […]
Walgreens: A Safe Pedestrian Design “Doesn’t Work For Us”
By Steven Vance |
Streetsblog Chicago will not be publishing Monday. Numerous neighborhood groups joined Albany Park Neighbors at a community development meeting on Wednesday night to demand more walkable design from Walgreens, which wants to open an outlet at Lawrence and Kimball. Walgreens wants their new store to have a surface parking lot and curb cut on a […]