John Greenfield
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes the transportation column for the Chicago Reader weekly paper. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and 'L' train.
Recent Posts
Why the South Shore Line is offering free eastbound rides all day, every weekday
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"In order to get back to the revenue that we need to generate in the long term, we need to incentivize people to get back on the trains."
IDOT explains why it’s being fussy about the Busse Highway bike lane plan
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Compromising with a short stretch of sharrows in order to allow for a road diet with bike lanes on the rest of the project area would be far safer than the status quo, for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike.
What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?
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When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.
4 months after racially-charged Council battle, signs for DuSable LSD unveiled
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Another fight regarding the coastal highway is on the horizon, as the city and state prepare to reconstruct North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.
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IDOT wants to strip parking on a short stretch of Busse Highway in Park Ridge to make way for bike lanes. Residents are pushing back. But a 4-to-3 conversion would be a better strategy.
Driver fatally struck Mary Johnson, 82, in North Lawndale and left the scene
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Johnson was the 18th person killed on foot on Chicago streets this year.
Dissenting opinions: Why do some bike shop owners oppose the Pratt bike bridge?
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The arguments against building the bridge don't outweigh the positives: safer, more convenient, and more pleasant east-west bike and pedestrian access.
Scooters now a permanent part of Chicago’s mobility mix, plus deets on Divvy scooters
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The ordinance authorizes CDOT to amend its existing Divvy contract to expand to docked scooter-sharing within the bike-share station area.
Metra board approves $3.1M contract for rehab of Rock Island Line’s Vermont St. station
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Hopefully the planned pedestrian upgrades will involve making it safer and easier to cross Vermont Avenue between the Rock Island and Metra Electric stations.
On eve of Council rental e-scooter vote, aldermen and reps push for permanent legalization
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If the transportation committee passes the legislation on Wednesday. the ordinance will go before the City Council for a full vote on Thursday.
CTA bus driver fatally struck William Hiebel, 85, next to LFT’s Buena underpass
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Although police described the victim as a pedestrian, a local resident told Streetsblog the senior was actually bicycling west from the underpass into the road when he was struck.
Prisca Reynoso-Benitez, 64, is 2nd person killed at same location on Devon in 9 years
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The pedestrian fatality epidemic along Devon in Little India should be addressed with more stop signs, stoplights, and speed cameras.