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Sharon Hoyer

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Waiting for a Pink Line train in the North Lawndale community on the West Side. Photo: John Greenfield

A closer look at CDOT’s plan to close Chicago’s transportation equity gap

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 3, 2021 | No Comments
CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.
Scooter riders on the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

Transportation chair Howard Brookins discusses his effort to make e-scooters permanent

By Sharon Hoyer | Jul 29, 2021 | No Comments
An ordinance proposed by 21st Ward alderman seeks to make the scooters a permanent part of Chicago’s transportation system.
Waiting for trains at the  Quincy station this week. Photo: John Greenfield

Carpacalypse now: CLA report shows skyrocketing parking levels, modest transit gains

By Sharon Hoyer | Jul 22, 2021 | No Comments
The carmaggeddon these Chicago Loop Alliance reports forecasted months ago is here.
Divvy station and protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. Photo: John Greenfield

Chicago’s 30 mph speed limit, lack of connectivity again lead to low People for Bikes rating

By Sharon Hoyer | Jul 19, 2021 | No Comments
People for Bikes and the Active Transportation Alliance agree that Chicago should focus on lowering the default speed limit and building a network of protected bike lines to encourage more cycling.
A superblock in Barcelona. Superblocks integrate physical activity and mobility in everyday life. Photo: Abigail Chen

How green, walkable, bikeable, play-friendly streets promote good mental health

By Sharon Hoyer | Jun 16, 2021 | No Comments
Urban design that makes space for residents to safely and easily interact with the outdoors and each other plays a major role in both physical and psychological well-being.
Digital parking is a steep, jagged line breaking through the pre-pandemic benchmark exponentially faster than other recovery metrics.

Troubling: Loop Alliance report shows short-term Loop parking is skyrocketing

By Sharon Hoyer | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments
Encouraging commuters and visitors to the Loop to bike or take public transportation needs to be a top priority.
April parking rates continued to be disproportionately higher than business activity and pedestrian counts compared to the same date in an average pre-pandemic year.

Loop Alliance April report shows a continued, alarming rise in downtown parking levels

By Sharon Hoyer | May 17, 2021 | No Comments
The report reveals increased personal car use has continued on a distressingly steep rise, even while foot traffic and office building occupancy remained on par or below March levels.
On April 13, a police chase ended with a crash in West Town that injured seven people. Image: CBS Chicago

Police vehicle chases end in crashes two-thirds of the time, according to hacked emails

By Sharon Hoyer | May 17, 2021 | No Comments
In an age of traffic cameras, satellite images, and police body cams, are police vehicle chases necessary?
Open Streets on State in 2011. Photo: Chicago Loop Alliance

Car-free Sundays on State events will run through the summer, starting July 11

By Sharon Hoyer | May 3, 2021 | No Comments
Chicago has a rare opportunity to reimagine Loop streets as a vital space for community gathering, rather than just corridors to move motor vehicles through.
Clockwise from upper left: Dr. Beverly Scott, Bakari Height, Danny Pearlstein, and Jenna Fortunati.

Transportation for America Panel: Bold vision is needed to achieve transit funding parity

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 26, 2021 | No Comments
Panelists also agreed that connecting representatives with the real-life stories of their constituents is the most powerful way to build support for funding transit.
March parking rates were disproportionately higher than business activity and pedestrian counts compared to the same date in an average pre-pandemic year.

Steep rise in downtown parking rate may foreshadow personal car use hitting crisis levels

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 15, 2021 | No Comments
The Chicago Loop Alliance's March downtown activity report showed vehicle parking rates skyrocketed as the weather warmed and pandemic restrictions loosened.
Photo via I Am Traffic.

You can ask lawmakers to eliminate 20% local match requirement for walk/bike infra

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments
File a witness slip online by Tuesday afternoon to make your voice heard.
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