Sharon Hoyer
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“It Was Magnificent”: Illinois legislators take a learning tour of Berlin and Munich transit systems
January 10, 2025
How many people use Logan Square’s Milwaukee Avenue PBLs in 32F weather? Quite a few!
December 15, 2024
FOIAed documents: Trucker who fatally struck Chicago bike traveler and writer George Christensen “failed to use due care”
November 22, 2024
City Civics Day session highlights the connection between transit justice and community vitality
The talk featured representatives from Elevated Chicago, the CTA, the Department of Planning and Development, People for Community Recovery, and the Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce.
November 17, 2024
Common sense: CDOT’s Chicago Traffic Crashes report illustrates the effectiveness of bike/ped investment
October 24, 2024
Enthusiasm for curbs: CDOT has added concrete protection to the West Side’s Douglas and Franklin boulevards
October 15, 2024
CDOT, alders Rodriguez and Vasquez propose making Argyle at North Shore Channel Trail one-way WB
No word yet on whether a contraflow bike lane would be added to facilitate eastbound cycling from the path on the west side of rider to the east side.
August 16, 2024
Reopened Grayland Metra viaduct, near locations where drivers killed 2 cyclists, now has curb-protected bike lanes
And a few blocks away, CDOT is installing a Neighborhood Greenway on Long Avenue, where drivers recently injured and killed teens on bikes.
August 1, 2024
This is Grand! CDOT cuts ribbon on new protected bike lanes on a key West Side diagonal street
The project also has lots of other nifty Complete Streets features, like raised crosswalks, bus islands, and the conversion of a dangerous slip lane to a new plaza.
July 18, 2024
