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Richard Day

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The 87th Street Red Line station. Photo: John Greenfield

Far South Side (Wards 6, 8, 9, 10 and 21) candidates talk transportation

By Richard Day | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments
As part of our 2023 Election Coverage, Streetsblog Chicago sent a questionnaire out to every candidate running for alderperson.
The view from a rooftop in the 1st Ward, looking southeast towards the Loop. Photo: John Greenfield

Near North and Northwest Side (Wards 1, 43, and 44) candidates talk transportation

By Richard Day | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments
As part of our 2023 Election Coverage, Streetsblog Chicago sent a questionnaire out to every candidate running for alderperson.
A Green Line train at 51st Street, Photo: Wikipedia

South Lakefront and Mid South Side candidates (Wards 4, 5, 16, 20) talk transportation

By Richard Day | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments
As part of our 2023 Election Coverage, Streetsblog Chicago sent a questionnaire out to every candidate running for alderperson.
Will these City Council seats be filled with alders who support sustainable transportation? Photo: Daniel X. O'Neil via Wikimedia Commons

SBC wants to get your local alder candidates on the record about livable streets issues

By Richard Day | Jan 17, 2023 | No Comments
There are 210 candidates for alder. While these races get less publicity than the mayoral race, they still matter a lot – and Streetsblog is working to get every candidate on the record.
CTA Rail Lines and Average Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Household (equivalent to Metric Tons of CO2/year.) Higher emissions are in red, lower emissions are in green. Image: University of California at Berkeley and Richard Day

Chicago’s climate superpower: How transit-oriented development can help address global warming

By Richard Day | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments
As shown in this map, Chicago’s land use policies have a major impact on our greenhouse gas emissions.
The entrance to the Weiss Hospital parking lot this afternoon. Photo: John Greenfield

Activists block the development of a parking lot. Is that the best way to stop displacement?

By Richard Day | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments
While blocking this development would probably do more harm than good, Chicago absolutely needs to do more to fight displacement.
Residential parking at Marina City in Chicago. Researchers estimate that garage parking raises rents by an average of 17 percent. Photo: PxHere Creative Commons license

Minimum parking, maximum rent: Let’s cut tenants a break by ending parking minimums

By Richard Day | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments
It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide. 
Rosenwald Courts, an award-winning redevelopment in Bronzeville, includes 225 affordable units thanks to a mix of city and federal funding. Photo: HUD.

New housing aid is the right thing to do. It’s also a good investment.

By Richard Day | Nov 9, 2021 | No Comments
In addition to hurting Chicago’s most vulnerable residents, cuts to housing assistance can cost much more than they save.

New developments highlight benefits, limitations of Chicago’s affordable housing approach

By Richard Day | Oct 12, 2021 | No Comments
An updated, comprehensive effort to boost affordability, housing supply, and equitable transit-oriented development is the best approach for holding down rents and halting displacement across the city.
The proposed development at 8535 W. Higgins Rd. would include 59 affordable units.

How much affordable housing is Chicago willing to sacrifice to aldermanic prerogative?

By Richard Day | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments
In the coming months, the City Council’s Zoning Committee has the chance to weigh in on a proposal that could change the future of affordable housing in Chicago.
The California Pink Line Stop is a key site for Elevated Chicago’s Equitable Transit Oriented Development efforts.

Bringing TOD to South, West sides will require more resources, less red tape

By Richard Day | Aug 26, 2021 | No Comments
While our city's TOD ordinance has spurred more transit-friendly development in wealthy and gentrifying neighborhoods, it has done relatively little to encourage investment in parts of the city that need it the most.
Photo: John Greenfield

High rents are a policy choice: What’s driving displacement across The North Side

By Richard Day | Aug 12, 2021 | No Comments
We should reverse the down-zonings that have rendered much of the city unaffordable and exclusionary.
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