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Olivia Grenzebach

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Crossing Howard Street near the local community garden. Photo: RPBA

One Howard Street project kicks off Saturday. Here’s how to improve the corridor.

By Olivia Grenzebach | Apr 20, 2023 | No Comments
The goals of the project are somewhat undefined, but that's not necessarily a bad thing this early in the process.
Rendering of the intersection of Devon and the Glenwood Greenway with new sidewalk bump-outs and street furniture. Image: Elevate Devon Corridor Plan / Teska Associates, Inc.

Elevate Devon plan proposes placemaking, road diet strategies to improve walk/bike/transit

By Olivia Grenzebach | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments
The plan calls for 49 improved crosswalks, three new pedestrian islands at especially wide crossings, 22 bike rack and amenities stations, seven wayfinding stations (new signage or kiosk), and ten key “Intersection Updates.”
Attendees discuss their ideas for the updated Grant Park Framework Plan. One is wearing a sign promoting the Chicago Bike Grid Now! proposal to make 10 percent of Chicago streets bike/ped-priority. Photo: Oliva Grenzebach

Residents push for bike/ped upgrades, car-free Columbus Dr. at Grant Park open house

By Olivia Grenzebach | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments
It was clear that people who provided input at the open house are most concerned with improving safety, and prioritizing walking and biking. 
The Chicago skyline and south Red Line tracks as seen from Englewood. Photo: John Greenfield

UIC’s Urban Transportation Center starts its fall series with a seminar on transit inequity

By Olivia Grenzebach | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments
Speakers included Ellen Partridge from the Shared-Use Mobility Center, Audrey Wenninkfrom the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Rochelle Jacksonfrom the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council.
A women-only car in New Dehli, India. Photo: Jordan Worthington

Readers: Women-only transit would be awesome / impractical / sexist / transphobic

By Olivia Grenzebach and John Greenfield | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments
One thing's for sure: If such a program is going to be implemented in Chicago, it needs to be explicitly inclusive of all women, including trans women, and nonbinary people.
Boarding platform for women-only train cars in Mexico City. Photo: Olivia Grenzebach

Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments
Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.
Sunset at Montrose Beach. Photo: John Greenfield

Open the beaches! Then implement these urban design strategies to beat the heat

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jul 17, 2020 | No Comments
Lightfoot's refusal to reopen beaches during the heat wave makes no sense. Here's a look at that issue and longterm heat mitigation strategies.
Ida B. Wells Drive  / Congress Parkway as it typically appears, and being repurposed for human-scale use (below). Images: Google Maps, Maudlyne Ihejirika/Chicago Sun-Times

Protests are placemaking

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jul 8, 2020 | No Comments
These instances of road repurposing and placemaking are born from pain and anger, and yet they have brought communities together and created beauty.
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