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Steven Vance

stevevance
Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

Recent Posts

The vaccination village at the United Center

Most people in Chicagoland can access COVID vaccination sites via transit

By Steven Vance | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments
How do we make it easier for people across the region to access vaccinations without driving?
Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule

By Steven Vance | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments
A "regional rail" scheme, with more frequent service during non-rush hours, would make the network more useful non-white collar workers, as well as non-work commutes.
The new coaches will have level boarding. Rendering by Alstom.

Metra board chooses new modern passenger rail cars to replace 1950s “Gallery” cars

By Steven Vance | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments
Metra has selected a new passenger coach design that will eventually replace the current "Gallery" cars.
Photo: John Greenfield

3-cent gas tax hike wouldn’t impact drivers much, but taking $16M from CTA is wrong

By Steven Vance | Nov 20, 2020 | No Comments
Included in Mayor Lightfoot's proposed budget are two transportation-related tax changes, one that would make driving a little more expensive, but another that would reduce funding for transit.
Image from Lyft's Super PAC website.

Lyft launched a new Super PAC to prevent Illinois gig workers from getting employee benefits

By Steven Vance | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments
After Lyft and other companies overturned California legislation that classified ride-hail drivers as employees, it's now setting its sights on the Prairie State with a $534K Super PAC.
Mr. Tamez, a neighbor on Cortland, asked for a sign to put on his own fence. Photo: Ben Helphand, Friends of the Bloomingdale

Eyes on the Street: City installs Bloomingdale Trail alternative Slow Streets route

By Steven Vance and John Greenfield | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments
There's doesn't seem to have been much outreach about the project, so expect a few grumbles from motorists. But once people start enjoying the corridor, criticisms should fade.
The new sidewalk extension. Photo: Steven Vance

Eyes on the Street: The North/Damen/Milwaukee slip lane removal is now permanent

By Steven Vance and John Greenfield | May 4, 2020 | No Comments
CDOT has made the slip lane removal at the the south side of Wicker Park's usually-bustling North/Damen/Milwaukee intersection permanent. 
IDOT blamed a 50-car pileup on the Kennedy Expressway on April 15 on drivers going "way too fast" for conditions. Image: CBS Chicago

Your suspicion is right: People have been speeding more during Stay at Home

By Steven Vance | Apr 29, 2020 | No Comments
Chicago speed camera data shows that more tickets were issued during a three-week period during Stay at Home than at any other time in more than a year.
34th Street in Queens is one of several New York City roadways that is being opened for car-free recreation. Photo: Shekar Krishnan via Twitter

Database documents cities that are repurposing car space during the pandemic

By Steven Vance | Mar 29, 2020 | No Comments
During the pandemic, cities are recognizing it makes sense to take road space away from cars and give it to people.
This shuttered CVS store on near Central Park/Division/Grand would be a great spot for a new Metra station and equitable TOD. Image: Google Maps

Building a Metra infill station in Humboldt Park would create job, housing opportunities

By Steven Vance | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments
New infill stations in Chicago neighborhoods like Humboldt could take advantage of the Metra's regional reach, and fill in gaps in CTA service.
The Jayne Byrne Interchange as it appeared in 2013. Photo: Steven Vance

The folly of the Jane Byrne Interchange spaghetti bowl expansion keeps getting worse

By John Greenfield and Steven Vance | Feb 10, 2020 | No Comments
The cost of the project has ballooned to a quarter-billion dollars more than the initial cost estimates, and it's almost 4.5 years behind schedule.
Metra's current bi-level railcar design. Photo: Jeff Zoline

What’s your Metra railcar redesign wish list?

By John Greenfield and Steven Vance | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments
Metra wants to know what amenities, like tray tables, dimmable lights, and USB chargers, are most important to customers. But Streetsblog's Steven Vance says bolder design changes are needed.
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