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After drivers killed one teen on a bike, and critically injured another, on Long Avenue in Portage Park, it’s now a safer Neighborhood Greenway
In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a "ghost bike" memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, "If we, as human beings, don’t care about other people’s lives, we're going to keep killing each other."
July 28, 2025
Riding 146 miles in a day to visit all 77 community areas was an exciting adventure that also highlighted infrastructure needs
By Nik Hunder
July 3, 2025
The Chicagoland sustainable transportation scene in nutshell: My presentation to University of Michigan students
Watch a video of the speech here.
June 15, 2025
Feeling out of the Loop? Try our interactive map of walk/bike/transit landmarks in downtown Chicago
Recently, Streetsblog Chicago heard from Phil D'Anieri, Teaching Professor at the University of Michigan's Department of Urban and Regional Planning. This week, he's leading a class on a transportation-themed trip to the Windy City. These students are in a new degree program called Urban Technology, and they'll be spending their time in Chicago looking at issues and opportunities related to sustainable transportation.
June 10, 2025
47th Ward residents can vote for raised crosswalks, accessible ped signals, and artwork in PB election produced by local youth
It's that time of year again. On Friday, the 47th Ward, the North Side district represented by Ald. Matt Martin, launched its annual participatory budgeting voting process. PB elections let residents help determine how to spend a ward's $1.5 million a year in discretionary "menu" money for infrastructure projects.
January 11, 2025
Chuy Garcia, other U.S. reps urge Biden to take steps to protect walk/bike/transit funding, projects
After the recent presidential election, Streetsblog Chicago checked in with local sustainable transportation advocates about what could done to help safeguard the future of walk/bike/transit in our region before Donald Trump takes office again.
January 8, 2025
At budget hearing, CDOT chief Tom Carney discussed 2024 wins, 2025 projects and challenges
It's December again, which means temperatures are dropping, holiday tunes are in the air, and the Chicago Department of Transportation is hashing out its budget for the next fiscal year.
December 12, 2024
The Sun-Times letter “Bike safety isn’t a one-way street. Don’t put it all on drivers,” annotated
Check out Luke Nelis' letter on the Sun-Times opinion page here.
September 18, 2024
Ald. La Spata and staff discussed Milwaukee PBLs extension, Vision Zero efforts, at 1st Ward meeting
They also talked about the local Participatory Budgeting election, and other efforts to create safer streets on the Near Northwest Side.
July 31, 2024
CDOT, 47th Ward propose removing left turns from Damen onto Irving Park to reduce crashes, improve walk/bike safety
CDOT presented two alternatives, one that eliminates the lefts and another that doesn't. They implied the first would be better for safety.
October 13, 2023
