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We Need Better Obama Center Transit Access, Not Wider Roads
It's great that the design calls for pedestrianizing Cornell Drive, but the city plans to create more capacity than ever, which will only encourage more driving.
February 1, 2018
Residents Weigh in on CDOT’s Latest Logan Square Designs
The city's project to redesign Milwaukee Avenue from Logan Boulevard to Belmont has primarily focused on the complicated issues that surround the six-way intersection and traffic circle at Milwaukee, Logan, and Kedzie, the namesake of the Logan Square neighborhood. Last night's hearing on the initiative was similarly focused on the juction, as five of the eight design presentation boards and all of the tables set up with plans laid out upon them featured the four new Logan Square layout concepts. That made sense, because anyone that you talked to at the meeting immediately offered up their opinion about the intersection, although people still had some thoughts to share about the rest of Milwaukee.
January 31, 2018
Icicle Bicycles: Active Trans Celebrates Winter Cycling
The advocacy group's annual Winter Bike to Work Day shows that all-season cycling is becoming mainstream in Chicago.
January 29, 2018
Route Announced for $2.3 Billion Red Line Extension, But How Will We Fund It?
Trump may eliminate federal funding for transit, and a transit TIF wouldn't raise anywhere near enough money for the project.
January 26, 2018
Interview With the Ninja: Thoughts on Bike Light Enforcement
Should police officers ticket cyclists for riding without lights and, If so, what's the best way to do it?
January 23, 2018
Mike Payne: Let’s Improve Rail Access to the Obama Center Instead of Widening Roads
The longtime Gray Line advocate spoke before the CTA board last week to propose rapid transit service on the Metra Electric line as an alternative to more asphalt.
January 17, 2018
Cyclists Voice Their Hopes, Concerns, and Questions About Dockless Bike-Share
City officials asked Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting attendees what questions they'd like posed to potential DoBi vendors.
December 19, 2017
How Can We Keep Neighborhood Investments From Causing Displacement?
Leaders discussed this challenge at "A Catalytic Moment" TOD Symposium
December 12, 2017
North LSD Survey Says: People Want More Buses, Fewer Cars
The solution is clear: build more bus lanes. But IDOT doesn't seem to have fully gotten the memo yet.
December 7, 2017
Latino Residents Are Being Displaced From Transit-Friendly Buildings in Albany Park
On Saturday morning, a large crowd of Albany Park residents and tenants gathered in front of the CTA Brown Line’s Kimball Station. The Autonomous Tenants Union and Sunnyside Manor Tenants Union, with the support of 33rd Ward Working Families, were there to deliver a letter to Albany Bank and Trust Company in the hopes of sending a message to developer Ron D. Abrams of Silver Property Group, whose properties are partly funded through the bank’s mortgage loans.
December 4, 2017