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Eyes on the Street: The basically completed Granville Greenway has likely reduced car traffic, increased sustainable transportation use
Yesterday, I visited the site where a northbound minivan driver fatally struck Juslene Akeza, 4, as she was crossing Talman Avenue (2630 W.) westbound on the north side of Granville Avenue (6200 W.) in West Ridge. That tragedy happened along the recently installed Granville Avenue Neighborhood Greenway. But as I noted in my writeup of the crash, the new east-west street design was basically irrelevant to the motorist's failure to hit the brakes in time, the reason why police cited them for failure to reduce speed.
October 7, 2025
At celebration of Long Greenway, alders Cruz and Sposato praise traffic calming, explain why they voted against a safer speed limit
The serious and fatal bicycle crashes that spurred the City of Chicago to build the Long Avenue Neighborhood Greenway were tragic. But Thursday's celebration of the recent traffic safety upgrades, held at Portage Park Elementary School, was a hopeful and inspiring event.
August 29, 2025
A hubbub over paint on Wellington
The Wellington Avenue Neighborhood Greenway is a relatively anodyne project that will have little impact on drivers. But at last week's community meeting, some motorists raised a fuss.
July 15, 2025
We’ve got no beef with Wellington: Planned Neighborhood Greenway on Lakeview side street is a good idea.
Update 6/30/25, 2:45 PM: According to the most recent info from the 32nd Ward, represented by Ald. Scott Waguespack, there will be a meeting on this project Wednesday, July 7, 6 p.m. in the community room of Illinois Masonic Hospital, 836 W. Wellington. Here's how to get to the entrance to that building from the local Brown Line station.
June 12, 2025
