Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Eyes on the Street

The new dashed bike lanes on Damen this afternoon. Photo: John Greenfield

Bikeway added, 20 mph speed limit planned on Damen where cyclist Liza Whitacre was killed

By John Greenfield | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments

Hopefully these changes will help prevent more heartbreak. But if the city really wants to make a difference, it should build bike lanes with physical protection.

A paint-and-post pedestrian island in the east leg of Washington/LaSalle, by City Hall. Photo: CDOT

Eyes on the street: A bounty of paint-and-post bump-outs and ped islands in the CBD

By John Greenfield | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments

CDOT is doing fast-and-cheap pedestrian improvements at two dozen downtown intersections.

A friendly reminder (bowdlerized for publication) by the Brown Line. Photo: Raed Masour

Mask asks: Facial coverings policy for CTA drivers; South Shore drops COVID-denier cars

By John Greenfield | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

Here's what the CTA had to say about non-compliant CTA bus operators. Meanwhile, South Shore has ended its ill-conceived Mask Optional Car policy.

The rails have been removed from just north of the Cherry Avenue Bridge, making it now an exclusive bike/pedestrian path—for now. Photo: Quinn Kasal

The past, present, and future of the Cherry Avenue bike and pedestrian bridge

By Quinn Kasal | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

The span was previously a moveable freight train bridge; it's currently a bike/ped-only facility; and it may become a transitway as part of the Lincoln Yards development.

A #66 Chicago Avenue bus uses the new bus lane near Ashland Avenue. Photo: John Greenfield

Eyes on the Street: Chicago Ave. pop-up bus lanes aren’t robust, but seem to be helping

By John Greenfield | Nov 10, 2020 | No Comments

If they can lay the ground work for more, and more robust, busways on corridors across the city, that can only be a good thing.

Residents stroll on Grace Street towards California Park. Photo: Imelda March

Amazing Grace: A new Slow Streets corridor creates a safer route to the 312 RiverRun

By Imelda March | Nov 4, 2020 | No Comments

While CDOT rolled out the traffic-calmed corridor late in the season, it should be in place until at least December.

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