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Huge turnout for Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project meeting to hear CDOT’s proposal to change the road from a “cut-through” to a safer street
The department proposes adding traffic calming infrastructure, one-way segments, and contraflow bike lanes on the nearly three-mile, two-way side street, where speeding and crashes are common.
October 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 16
• Good news: Before its 10/20 eviction, Greyhound owner FlixBus says it's finalizing a month-to-month lease with station landlord (Sun-Times, Block Club)
October 16, 2024
Enthusiasm for curbs: CDOT has added concrete protection to the West Side’s Douglas and Franklin boulevards
As in 2023, the Chicago Department of Transportation has been busy installing new bikeways across the city this year. As of this writing, the city’s website that tracks the installations lists 42 completed segments this year so far, with 20 more underway. Two of them are part of my return commute from a workplace in Englewood to my home Logan Square, and they're a welcome bit of infrastructure on a ride that includes the some of the best and worst aspects of biking in our city.
October 15, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 15
• Block Club takes a look at Ald. Bill Conway's proposal to create a temporary bus station at a former migrant shelter, previously reported on Streetsblog
October 15, 2024
Metra’s last pre-fiscal-cliff budget proposal includes station, service improvements
Changes to North Central Service, Milwaukee West schedules are coming.
October 15, 2024
The big picture: Rony Islam from Chicago, Bike Grid Now! and Lincoln Parker Molly Fleck discuss the citywide impact of Dickens plaza removal
Active Transportation Alliance Advocacy Manager Alex Perez also provided a statement.
October 14, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 14
• "CTA Proposes Balanced 2025 Operating Budget That Charts the Course for a Transit Riding Experience Better Than Pre-Pandemic/2019"
October 14, 2024
The Southland Development Authority’s bus tour highlighted transit-oriented developments in south-suburban Harvey
Last week, the Southland Development Authority held a bus tour to highlight its work as "a non-profit business organization designed to grow the economy of the South Suburbs."
October 14, 2024
At board meeting: CTA is piloting digital bus stop signs at 20 stops, and are unarmed security guards effective?
Transit agency to pilot new pole-mounted digital bus stop signs
October 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 11, 2024
• "No fare increases in Metra’s proposed $1.1b operating budget for 2025."
October 11, 2024