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It’s On: Chicago’s Car2go Pilot Launches Next Month
The test is our city's latest experiment with a new shared-mobility option.
June 21, 2018
Details on the Chill New Way to Bike to Evanston
Among the 20 new miles of bikeways the Chicago Department of Transportation has planned for 2018, one of the most useful new routes will be the Rogers Park Greenway. It will extend the popular Glenwood Greenway in Uptown and Edgewater by a couple of miles miles and create a low-stress way to visit Evanston, our neighbor to the north.
June 19, 2018
Chicago Is Now Publishing Traffic Crash Data Shortly After Collisions Occur
Quicker access to the data will be helpful for urban planners and safe streets advocates.
June 14, 2018
Plenty of Good Chicago Bikeway Projects Will Be Built in 2018
The list includes several miles of neighborhood greenways
June 13, 2018
Pace Plans to Install Bike Racks, Rent Adaptive Cycles, Help Launch Bike Library
Chicago's only "lock-to" dockless bike-share company is also offering $5 monthly memberships to low-income Chicagoans.
June 11, 2018
A Month After DoBi Launched, the City Has Little Info About How It’s Working Out
Update 6/8/18, 12:30 PM: The city's dockless bike-share permit requirements state, "Vendors are required to submit data to the City’s Department of Transportation... on the 1st of every month, starting on June 1." However, Dave Reed, the expansion manager for Zagster, which owns Pace, noted that per the city's more recent instructions to vendors, the first round of data for all vendors is to be submitted by June 11.
June 8, 2018
CPD: Police Are Using Bike Ticketing to Make Gun and Drug Arrests in Communities of Color
A police rep had previously denied that bike citations were a pretense for stop-and-frisk.
June 7, 2018
CDOT Commissioner: This Year’s Spike in Pedestrian Fatalities “Is Very Troubling”
There were 18 pedestrian deaths this year as of April 30 -- a 45 percent increase over the previous five years.
June 1, 2018
CDOT Proposes Bike Upgrades for Drexel, But Some Folks Want More Car Parking Instead
Should Drexel get dooring-free bike lanes, or additional parking lanes? The second option would cost the city an extra $230K.
May 25, 2018
The Broadway/Lawrence Streetscape Has Turned Asphalt Into Public Space
The project connected a traffic island to the sidewalk to create a new plaza.
May 25, 2018