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Consensus reached on plan to make Glenwood in Rogers Park safer by converting it to one-way
The plan to convert this half-mile stretch, part of the Glenwood-Greenview Greenway bike route connecting Uptown and Evanston, already had the blessing of the Chicago Department of Transportation.
March 15, 2022
Una actualización sobre CDMX, un lugar innovador del transporte sostenible
Ya es hora de que el campo de la planificación urbana deje de omitir los éxitos de las ciudades como la Ciudad de México, para encontrar técnicas innovadoras para mejorar el ambiente transporte sostenible.
March 11, 2022
An update on Mexico City, an overlooked sustainable transportation innovator
It's way past time for the urban planning world to stop overlooking the many successes of Latin American cities like Mexico City to find innovative ways to improve walking, biking, and transit.
March 10, 2022
Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
March 9, 2022
CTA looks to commission 6 pieces of public art for stations as part of RPM Project
The CTA has announced plans to add to its growing public art collection with six works scheduled for installation as part of the reconstruction of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations.
March 4, 2022
Closed underpasses, and opening minds about a radical redesign of DuSable LSD
Impassible underpasses aren't just inconvenient. They also highlight the inconvenient truth that our addiction to cars is contributing to the existential threat of climate change.
March 2, 2022
We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off
It turns out that Divvy members can unlock electric bike-share cycles with their plastic key fobs, even if they're not parked at traditional docking stations.
March 1, 2022
Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year
Officials promised that after the designs proved successful, they would be upgraded with permanent concrete infrastructure. Several years later, that's finally supposed to happen.
March 1, 2022
Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes
The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.
February 25, 2022
Skokie’s Crawford bike lanes, passing by 5-lane intersections, won’t be low-stress
Skokie aims to be more appealing for cyclists. But a proposed redesign of Crawford Avenue misses the mark in terms of a design that will meaningfully grow the number of people traveling by bike.
February 24, 2022
