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CDOT plans overhaul of complex Armitage/CortlandAshland/Elston junction
Streetsblog Chicago will continue reporting on this project to help ensure that it results in a net improvement for sustainable transportation.
January 10, 2022
Who should we really be building bikeways for?
A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.
January 10, 2022
Bakery-fresh CDOT study reaffirms speed cameras are saving lives
The new report compared the changes in crash numbers near speed cameras and citywide between 2012-13 and 2018-2019 and confirmed that collision numbers have stayed relatively low near the cams.
January 6, 2022
City Colleges of Chicago is providing free Divvy annual memberships to all students
In other collegiate cycling news, Olive-Harvey College is, for the first time, offering an eight-week Bicycle Maintenance and Repair course.
January 5, 2022
Illinois Policy Institute runs a misleading article on Chicago’s 6 mph speed camera rule
The right-wing think tank plays up the program's revenue generation, downplays its safety benefits, and contains plenty of misleading statements and outright misinformation.
January 4, 2022
Governor Pritzker’s latest wrongheaded remarks about highway expansion, annotated
Illinois Public Media host Brian Mackey did a good job of holding Pritzker accountable for the disconnect between the governor's stated climate goals and his highway expansion plans.
January 3, 2022
Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building
In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.
December 31, 2021
Commercial Avenue in South Chicago will get raised bike lanes and bus bulbs
This Complete Streets project includes major streetscape improvements on Commercial between 83th and 93rd streets, with additional improvements on 92nd Street.
December 23, 2021
Commercial Avenue tendrá ciclovías elevados y extensiones para autobuses
Este proyecto de Calles Completas, o Complete Streets, incluye mejoras en el entorno urbano de Commercial sobre las calles 83 y 93, con mejoras adicionales en la calle 92.
December 23, 2021
Bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane prioritizes driver convenience over cyclist safety
This bikeway downgrade, which will make bike riders less safe, makes a mockery of the city's stated Vision Zero goal of eliminating all serious and fatal crashes.
December 20, 2021
