John Greenfield
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes about transportation and other topics for additional local publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and ‘L’ train.
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Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 16
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 15
IDOT discusses why they’re recommending an NDLSD rebuild without dedicated transit lanes
While IDOT implied that having 25 percent less road capacity for cars on the lakefront is a defect of the proposal for dedicated transit lanes, it's actually a feature.
Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 9
NIMBYs win: More on why, despite recent bike crashes, Lincolnwood cancelled Pratt PBLs, forfeited millions in state funding
Local sustainable transportation advocates noted that it shouldn't take serious bike crash injuries and deaths to convince communities to create safer streets.
As another person is killed while biking in the northern suburbs, Lincolnwood reneges on Pratt bikeway plan
At a time when bike crashes have been disturbingly common in the near-northern suburbs, it's troubling to hear that one of them is cancelling plans to make cycling safer.