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Sharon Hoyer

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Nick Parlingayan. Photo: Facebook

Suit filed by Nick Parlingayan’s family faults Metra, city, contractors for fatal bike crash

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 22, 2023 | No Comments
On May 4, 2022, a driver fatally struck Nick Parlingayan, 22, on his bike near the intersection of Milwaukee and Kilbourn avenues in the Irving Park neighborhood, and leaving without aiding the barista. A wrongful death lawsuit, recently filed on behalf of Parlingayan’s family, argues that Metra and the city of Chicago, along with the […]
Brandon Johnson at a mayoral forum last month. Photo: John Greenfield

Brandon Johnson wants bike/ped upgrades, more CTA service, efficiency reviews

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 10, 2023 | No Comments
To help Chicago voters make an educated decision during the upcoming mayoral election, Streetsblog Chicago is running a series of articles on candidates’ transportation platforms
Screenshot from the BSCAF endorsement page.

New Better Streets Chicago Action Fund website endorses mayor and alder hopefuls

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments
BSCAF sent an in-depth questionnaire on a wide range of transportation issues to all 182 aldermanic and mayoral candidates.
The advocacy group Chicago Bike Grid Now led a ride to the forum. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Mayoral candidates weigh in on transportation at Safe Streets for All forum

By Sharon Hoyer | Jan 31, 2023 | No Comments
The event was organized by a coalition of advocacy organizations committed to ensuring all Chicagoans can safely traverse the city car-free, year-round. 
Providing input at a community meeting for the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020. Photo: John Greenfield

Equiticity study calls for residents with “lived expertise” to participate in urban planning

By Sharon Hoyer | Jan 23, 2023 | No Comments
The researchers argue that, along with planners and other experts it's equally important to consult those living in the relevant neighborhoods who use the transportation system every day. 
Rebecca Resman speaks at the Safe Streets for All rally last June, in repsonse to the traffic violence deaths of Rafi Cardenas and Lily Shambrook. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Safe Streets for All coalition pushes for “transit that works,” hopes to influence elections

By Sharon Hoyer | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments
In response to last summer's traffic violence epidemic, advocates formed the Safe Streets for All Coalition, amplifying the call for improved safety, transportation equity, affordable housing, and climate action.
The aftermath of a crash on August 5 at 63rd and Halsted in Englewood, in which a driver ran a red, struck another vehicle, and careened onto the sidewalk, severely injuring people waiting for the bus. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT Strategic Plan update touts new infra. We still have far to go to achieve safe streets.

By Sharon Hoyer | Dec 30, 2022 | No Comments
Despite the plan's goal to "Reduce dangerous driving on Chicago’s streets," never has the city felt further from Vision Zero.
Photo: RTA

As Chicagoland transit faces a fiscal cliff, RTA five-year plan sketches a funding path

By Sharon Hoyer | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments
On December 5 the Regional Transportation Authority – the agency that oversees CTA, Metra and Pace – released a draft strategic plan outlining its five-year priorities.
The ofrenda for fallen cyclists. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Palenque LSNA’s Noche de Calaveras features community altar to fallen cyclists

By Sharon Hoyer | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments
The event featured performances, family activities and an altar for fallen bikers created by Norma Rios-Sierra, Palenque’s cultural events manager. 
Martin speaks at Martyr's. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

47th Ward bike-ped infra night celebrates progress inspite of bureaucratic headwinds

By Sharon Hoyer | Oct 25, 2022 | No Comments
The evening was informative, not only about bike and pedestrian infrastructure progress in the 47th Ward, but on just how hard it is to bring these projects to fruition.
Taking Amtrak's bike-friendly Saluki route to downstate Carbondale for a bike camping trip. Photo: John Greenfield

Bike League ranks Illinois the 15th friendliest state for biking, up from 16th

By Sharon Hoyer | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments
Rankings are tabulated through a blend of federally-available data on ridership, fatalities, and spending on biking and walking per capita, and extensive surveys of state DOTs.
Photo of Sam Bell below a "STOP KILLING BIKERS" message to drivers. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Over 100 people showed up to honor Sam Bell at ghost bike vigil on Milwaukee

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 30, 2022 | No Comments
Bell, 44, was fatally struck while biking on September 8 at Milwaukee and Huron Street in River West, by an elderly driver who failed to yield while making a left turn.
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