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Mia Park

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Curb-protected lanes could be installed on Halsted between 78th and 80th.

Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes

By Mia Park | Feb 25, 2022 | No Comments
The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.
Irv's Bike Shop in Pilsen, photographed in 2012. The Olive Harvey course will help prepare students for an entry-level job at a bike store. Photo: John Greenfield

More details on Olive Harvey College’s upcoming bike maintenance and repair class

By Mia Park | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments
"Bicycles are cost-effective and environmentally sound," said Olive-Harvey staffer Aziza Darwish. "This course will give students an opportunity to learn all about the benefits of having and maintaining a bicycle."
The ride concluded at La Crucifixión de Don Pedro Mural Garden. Photo: Aasia Mohammad Castañeda

Bikes, Breath + Environmental Justice ride celebrated the African diaspora in the Americas

By Mia Park | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments
The tour visited many natural, cultural, and social justice landmarks in Humboldt Park, and included meditation and performance.
Riders at the lakefront. Photo: Mia Park

Black United Fund, Equiticity team up for a bike ride to promote cooperative economics

By Mia Park | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments
“If we bike, walk, or ride public transportation, we can always attach economic development in the neighborhood.”
Buttigieg speaks at Friday's press event.

“We’ve got to do better”: Buttigieg, Chicago officials rally support for Biden’s infra plan

By Mia Park | Jul 20, 2021 | No Comments
Buttigieg said he's confident the largest infrastructure bill in U.S. history will pass Congress, stressing its importance from equity and climate change standpoints.
Charging a bus a Navy Pier. Photo: Mia Park

Get your electric kicks on Route 66: Test-riding one of the Chicago Avenue e-buses

By Mia Park | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments
Customers seem to love the smoother, quieter ride on the new buses, so much so that some of them said they'd be willing to pay a higher fare to help electrify the whole fleet.
Mourning family members and friends of Isaac Martinez were joined by cyclists who formed a "human-protected bike lane" to honor him. Photo: Mia Park

Family of Issac Martinez, 13, killed on his bike, were joined by cyclists at vigil

By Mia Park and John Greenfield | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments
Said a neighbor, "It's something that should have never happened with a hit-and-run and a little kid just bicycling through his neighborhood."
A person bikes by the Crawford power plant site. Photo: Mia Park

The Crawford demolition is a mobility justice issue

By Mia Park | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments
The implosion of the smokestack of the coal-fired power plant created a massive cloud of dust that makes walking and biking less safe.
Active Trans board president Peggy Reins and new executive director at Active Trans' annual awards ceremony last month Amy Rynell

Black and Latinx transportation leaders say they’re satisfied with ATA’s hiring of Amy Rynell as ED

By Mia Park | Apr 11, 2020 | No Comments
While some mobility justice advocates were pushing for a Black or Latinx director, Peter Taylor, Shawn Conley, and Julio Rodriguez say they're please that the group hired a woman with an equity lens.
Walking in Lincoln Park. Photo: Michelle Stenzel

Dealing with the pandemic one step at a time: Practice walking as self-care

By Mia Park | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments
Walking to is a gentle, easy way to de-stress, exercise, gain new perspective, meditate, and practice self care.
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