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All the ways we can make 2020 a springboard for sustainable transportation in Chicago
Here are a bunch of ways you can make a difference in the sustainable transportation landscape in Chicago,
December 27, 2019
The Stone Free Bridge, the span that Ald. Berny Stone blocked, is finally built
Did alderman Berny Stone block the construction of the span due to concerns about safety or NIMBYism? Either way, the story is a cautionary tale about aldermanic prerogative.
December 23, 2019
Questioning the hype around the Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop
The marketing geniuses at Hyperloop TT seem to have seized on some important cultural zeitgeist.
December 20, 2019
Northern suburbs gearing up to release first multimodal plan
The plan will prioritize improving pedestrian and bike connections to schools, transit, job centers, and retail.
December 19, 2019
311 is a joke? No, but some bike lane blockage reports are going unaddressed
According to Bike Lane Uprising, a site that documents bikeway obstructions, 311 requests about bike lanes are getting closed before they actually get resolved.
December 18, 2019
Have your say on the South Halsted Bus Corridor Project at the upcoming meeting
As part of the movement towards speeding up buses, the CTA and Pace have teamed up for a study on modernizing transit along South Halsted Street.
December 17, 2019
Cheer up Clevelanders, the O’Hare Express is dead, and you can kill the Hyperloop
The story of how Elon's Musk's airport died an early death offers hope for Cleveland transportation advocates dismayed by Hyperloop Boondoggle.
December 16, 2019
How I’ve expanded my bike joy, and how you can do it too
Courtney Cobbs discusses how she got deeper into cycling this year, and shares a reading list of bike-centric books to enhance your enjoyment of two-wheeled transportation.
December 13, 2019
MPC’s Toward Universal Mobility report aims to make local transit accessible for all
“We can design transportation systems that are seamless for everyone," said a disability rights advocate at the release. "The only thing that stops us if we don’t have the right people at the table.”
December 11, 2019
Advocates laud Lightfoot’s pick of Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi as transportation chief
Biagi comes to CDOT from Jeanne Gang's renowned design firm Studio Gang.
December 10, 2019
