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City sticker amnesty program is first step to reforming Chicago’s regressive ticketing system
Even sustainable transportation advocates should acknowledge that reforming Chicago's motorist ticketing system, which disproportionately impacts Black and Brown residents, is a good thing.
September 27, 2019
Decrease in police targeting of Black cyclists is encouraging, but there’s still work to do
The total number of tickets written city wide has dropped almost 50 percent since 2016, according to a new Chicago Tribune report. But Black neighborhoods still see more than 50 percent of the citations.
September 27, 2019
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.
September 25, 2019
Disability rights group is suing Chicago over lack of accessible pedestrian signals
In July Lori Lightfoot promised to install 100 accessible pedestrian signals within the next two years, but the lawsuit says that's not fast enough.
September 24, 2019
Weigh in on the scooter pilot with new city survey, and at tomorrow’s Active Trans meetup
Almost 675,000 rides were taken in three months, with 25 citations written to nine of the companies for failure to comply with the pilot rules.
September 24, 2019
Adolf Urbanowicz, 94, and Felix Martinez, 45, died last week after drivers struck them
Drivers have fatally struck 35 pedestrians this year in Chicago.
September 24, 2019
How the Woodfield Mall SUV incursion reflected the madness of American car culture
Shopping malls were created to give residents of car-dependent malls a car-free pedestrian shopping experience, but Friday's terror shattered that illusion of safety.
September 23, 2019
Don’t let competition between agencies and politicians block better South Side transit
Chicago mayor Lightfoot said she's against a proposal by Cook County, backed by her old rival Toni Preckwinkle, that would lower Metra fares and increase service, on the grounds that it would hurt the CTA.
September 20, 2019
Trucker who killed expectant mother Elizabeth Boshardy, 29, got a single failure-to-yield ticket
Meanwhile the driver who killed Ismael Montez Maldonado, 43, the day before is still at large.
September 18, 2019
Drivers killed two pedestrians within 2 days on highway-like streets in River North
Drivers have killed 32 pedestrians on Chicago streets this year.
September 17, 2019
