Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Eyes on the Street

Detail from a proposed redesign on the Milwaukee/Kilbourn bridge. Image: Philip Santos

2 cyclists were killed near Milwaukee/Kilbourn bridge. Let’s rebuild it to make it safer.

By Sharon Hoyer | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

Engineer Philip Santos notes that upgrading the area below the bridge would be more expensive and challenging, but well worth the trouble. “There have been two fatalities here. If you’re going to fix a bridge, do it right.”

The unveiling of Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments on Friday. Photo: Erin Rensink

Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments affordable TOD: an experiment in re-integration

By John Greenfield | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

As I’ve said before, if housing affordability in Chicago’s swiftly gentrifying Logan Square neighborhood is like a sinking ship, the new all-affordable transit-oriented development that opened next to the eponymous Blue Line station last Friday is like a lifeboat. It provides low-income and working-class longtime with an opportunity to weather the storm. Streetsblog Chicago strongly […]

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Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Eyes on the Street

2 cyclists were killed near Milwaukee/Kilbourn bridge. Let’s rebuild it to make it safer.

Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments affordable TOD: an experiment in re-integration

Video shows Nick Parlingayan was dragged 50 feet, residents demand safety upgrades

Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage

A tale of two cities: What cycling in Vienna and Budapest reminded me about Chicago

Mutiny at the meeting: Lakeview neighbors hijack Metra hearing to voice UP-N concerns