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Eyes on the Street: Swapping Parking for Customer Seating Is a Smart Move
Merchants are beginning to understand that their bottom line depends less on the number of vehicles they can park than the number of customers they can accommodate.
June 20, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Ogle the Wilson Station’s Translucent Canopy from the Sky
What you're seeing isn't a typical "Eyes on the Street" because we got our "eyes" up in the air with the new Streetsblog Chicago Traffic Chopper (actually a drone camera) to check in on the reconstruction of the CTA's Wilson 'L' station in Uptown. The project, which began in 2014, will make the train stop fully accessible to people with disabilities, add a new entrance on Sunnyside, and enable transfers between Red and Purple lines for the first time.
June 15, 2017
With No Place to Grind Legally, BMXers Have Damaged Navy Pier Flyover Stonework
The Navy Pier Flyover is literally taking longer to build than the Golden Gate Bridge, but unfortunately it’s already getting deconstructed.
June 5, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Chicago’s Newest – And Nicest? – People Spot
Chicago’s newest parklet in front of Intelligentsia Coffee, 2642 North Milwaukee, and adjacent to the Logan Theater, is a great addition to the neighborhood.
May 31, 2017
Check Out Steven’s Trippy Aerial Footage of Tracks and Neighborhoods West of The 606
Here’s some mind-bending drone footage of Metra trains passing by the west end of the Bloomingdale Trail, aka The 606.
May 18, 2017
Folks on the Street Weigh in on CDOT’s Plan to Fix the Wicker Park “Crotch”
To further check the community's pulse on these proposed changes, I dropped by the crossroads to buttonhole people during the evening rush.
May 18, 2017
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes and Mid-Block Crossing on Harrison by UIC
The Chicago Department of Transportation recently installed new buffered bike lanes on a 0.75-mile stretch of Harrison between Halsted and Loomis next to UIC and Little Italy as part of a water main project.
May 17, 2017
Don’t Panic! Take a Virtual Ride on the New Glenwood Greenway
Despite what a recent CBS report might have you believe, the contraflow lane on Chicago's newest Neighborhood Greenway will prevent -- not cause -- crashes.
May 12, 2017
The Devon Streetscape Makes Walking in “Little India” Safer and More Pleasant
The multicultural avenue provides a first-class feast for the senses, but until recently the corridor provided a less-than-stellar physical environment for walking.
May 11, 2017
The Navy Pier Flyover Is Taking Longer to Complete Than the Golden Gate Bridge
A recent bike crash sparked a new conversation about why the $60 million initiative to build an overpass for cyclists and pedestrians is taking so damn long.
May 5, 2017