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More info about why and how to apply for a $300 Project Sidewalk grant to document accessibility barriers
As discussed during the Active Transportation Alliance's recent Chicago Advocate Connect session, they've partnered with the University of Illinois Chicago's Institute of Disability and Human Development on Project Sidewalk. This initiative to document the conditions of local sidewalks and bikeways is offering $300 stipends to 10 participants who will virtually move through city streets using Google Streetview, and document accessibility barriers. We asked ATA for some more details about the program.
November 13, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 13
• Giovanni Robinson, 24, one of six people injured in crash Sunday around 8:10 PM in 1400 block of Grove Ave. in North Chicago, has died (Tribune)
November 13, 2024
Discussion of lowering the speed limit, CDOT’s new crash report, and Project Sidewalk research at ATA’s Advocacy Connect talk
The Active Transportation Alliance's monthly Advocacy Connect zoom chat series gives Chicago and suburban residents a chance to get updates from local sustainable transportation professionals and advocates, and ask questions.
November 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 12
• Active Transportation Alliance Campaign Organizer W. Robert Schultz III inducted into Chicago’s LGBT Hall of Fame
November 12, 2024
Hit-and-run Jeep driver fatally struck man, 64, riding bike in Pilsen, 3rd Chicago bike death this year
Meanwhile, discussion of the neighborhood's El Paseo rails-to-trails proposal, shelved in 2022 by concerns it might speed up housing displacement, is starting again with a meeting this Wednesday.
November 11, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 11
• CTA in race for Red Line extension funding from feds before Trump takes office (Block Club)
November 11, 2024
At public meeting on the CTA’s proposed 2025 budget, residents voice concerns about security and reliability
Commenters also discussed agency consolidation, bus bunching, the CTA chatbot, and fleet electrification.
November 8, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 8
• The CTA’s Red Line extension and O’Hare Airport modernization will be at risk under Trump, senior mayoral adviser Jason Lee said (Sun-Times)
November 8, 2024
Rochelle Jackson on why the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council supports lowering the city’s default speed limit to 25 mph
(This post includes reporting by Cameron Bolton, with additional commentary by John Greenfield.)
November 7, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 7
• Driver fatally struck Rashid A. Shepard, 28, today around 12:30 AM in local SB lanes of Dan Ryan at 44th Street. Motorist suffered minor injuries. (ABC)
November 7, 2024