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Wilson Red Line Station Reconstruction Moves Into Its Final Phase
The $203 million rehab of the Wilson Red Line station in Uptown is chugging along. Yesterday city officials marked the start of the final phase of the reconstruction, which involves removing the last section of 100-year-old tracks and building a modern, wheelchair accessible station house.
March 10, 2017
Parking With Your Car Sticking Out Into the Road Is Foolish, but Is It Legal?
Streetsblog reader Deni Mayer contacted us yesterday about an unusual car parking conundrum is his neighborhood. Last summer he and his wife moved into a condo on the 100 block of West Delaware in the Gold Coast, between Clark and LaSalle and just west of Washington Square Park. It’s a narrow one-way westbound street, and the east half of the block has townhouses on the north side of the street. Each of these homes has two parking garages and driveways that cross the sidewalk.
March 8, 2017
Pullman Transportation Access is Improving After National Monument Designation
soutYou probably knew that President Barack Obama designated parts of the Pullman neighborhood and the former Pullman Company Porter train car factory as the Pullman National Monument in February 2015. The accomplishment was based on 20 years of campaigning by residents and leaders to get a national park designation.
March 2, 2017
Plan for Polish Triangle Would Create a Better Biking & Business Environment
The Wicker Park-Bucktown business improvement district wants to widen the sidewalk to create more pedestrian space across from the Polish Triangle.
February 17, 2017
Where Do Fourth Ward Aldermanic Hopefuls Stand on Sustainable Transportation?
It's encouraging to hear that all the candidates are generally in favor of improving walking, biking, and transit, but some had more to say about the subject than others.
February 17, 2017
Wicker Park / Bucktown Plan Has Great Ideas for Improving Transportation
Fixing the North/Damen/Milwaukee intersection, adding bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue, and making the viaducts by the Clybourn Metra stop safer and more pleasant are all scenes we'd love to see.
February 14, 2017
O’Hare Express Train: Bad, But New Damen Green Line Station: Good.
An O'Hare express train won't save anybody any time, but the replacement of a CTA station at Damen is great news for people living on the Near West Side.
February 10, 2017
LVEJO Is Concerned About Health, Safety Impacts of Hellman’s Factory Truck Traffic
Leaders with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization are worried about the diesel exhaust from trucks passing through the neighborhood and the potential health and safety risks that this traffic poses for residents.
February 8, 2017
The 5th Ward’s Leslie Hairston: Chicago’s Most Auto-centric Alderman?
It was no surprise that read that Hairston opposes pedestrianizing streets in Jackson Park. She’s shown time and time again that she prioritizes easy driving above all other transportation modes.
February 7, 2017
Be Romantic: Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Placemaking
There’s nothing more romantic than supporting the entrepreneurial spirit of hardworking Chicagoans, plus the creative reuse of old shipping containers.
February 3, 2017
