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The North Branch Trail is a popular multi-use trail operated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. It runs along the North Branch of the Chicago River and the Skokie Lagoons from the Northwest Side of Chicago to the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe. The trail was recently extended four miles south from its previous southeastern terminus at Devon and Caldwell in the city’s Edgebrook neighborhood to the Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Area at Foster and Kostner, near North Mayfair. This brings the total trail length to 22 miles.

This year Chicago had seen 27 pedestrian fatalities as of July 31 -- a 30 percent increase over the recent average for this time of year.

We need to help make sure longtime residents get to stay in their communities to benefit from new amenities.

The Slow Roll Chicago cofounder argued that the location, cost, and marketing of the event makes it unlikely many residents from Vision Zero focus communities will attend.

It's awesome that New Belgium supports the great work of West Town but they're not responsible for maintaining Chicago’s indigenous bike culture.

If done correctly, improvements to bike/ped infrastructure have the potential to break down some of the barriers that 20th Century redlining built.

Overall the proposed development will bring new housing to a long-vacant lot without adding an excessive number of car spaces, so it represents a step in the right direction.

The five-way intersection of Belmont, Western, and Clybourn, as well as the stretch of Western between the Chicago River and Lane Tech High, is friendlier to pedestrians and a lot less gloomy thanks to the just-completed project to remove the nearly 60-year-old Riverview flyover. However, the street makeover missed some opportunities to make the corridor safer and more accessible to all road users, maintaining the overwhelmingly car-centric nature of the corridor.

While most of this stretch won't be getting bike lanes in the near future, a number of bike- and pedestrian-friendly changes are planned for later this year.