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
Police: Trucker ran at stop sign at Dickens/Pulaski, killing a male pedestrian
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The victim was the 34th pedestrian fatality on Chicago streets this year.
As scooter pilot ends, Active Trans report calls for expanding it, with strings attached
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Go ahead and expand the program, Active Trans says, but require parking docks or corrals, and keep them out of downtown and off the Lakefront Trail.
Metra holds public meeting on its proposed 2020 budget, with $480M in capital upgrades
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The money will be spent on new and rehabbed rolling stock, station upgrades, yard improvements, and bridges.
13 Divvy bikes were slashed with a butcher knife this summer
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Divvy thefts weren't a huge issue this summer, but this was a nasty case of seemingly random vandalism.
Victory! The right to bike on the riverwalk is preserved. Now about those “No Biking” signs…
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Thanks in part to Streetsblog's advocacy on the issue, Alderman Reilly never followed through on his threat to ban cycling on the promenade, and the city is looking at ways to accommodate biking. Now the no biking signs need to come down.
Inspector General calls out CPD for illegal parking; police bike lane blockage needs to stop too
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While the new advisory focuses on parking in fire lanes and emergency exits, as well as parking placard abuse, the IG's office says it's also interested in sidewalk, crosswalk, and bike lane violations.
Neighbors fear the Treasure Island TOD has too little parking, but it actually has too much
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The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.
A dinosaur still roams the earth: John Forester discusses his discredited anti-bikeway credo
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The author of "Effective Cycling" and founder of the vehicular cycling movement still insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that bikeways makes cyclists less safe.
It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today
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Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.
City sticker amnesty program is first step to reforming Chicago’s regressive ticketing system
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Even sustainable transportation advocates should acknowledge that reforming Chicago's motorist ticketing system, which disproportionately impacts Black and Brown residents, is a good thing.
Decrease in police targeting of Black cyclists is encouraging, but there’s still work to do
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The total number of tickets written city wide has dropped almost 50 percent since 2016, according to a new Chicago Tribune report. But Black neighborhoods still see more than 50 percent of the citations.
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
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Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.