Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Policy & Planning

A speed camera location on Foster Avenue near Gompers Park. Photo: Steven Vance

City is now issuing warnings for 6 mph speed cam violations, $35 tickets after March 1

By John Greenfield | Jan 21, 2021 | No Comments

We'll have a chance to see whether the change in ticketing protocols helps reduce the serious crash rate, and also whether it has any negative equity impacts.

Neighborhood greenway markings on 98th Street near Vincennes in Washington Heights. Photo: Derrick James

2020 was a good year for Far South Side bikeway installation

By John Greenfield | Jan 21, 2021 | No Comments

17 of the 29 total miles of bikeways installed last year, or about 59 percent, were installed south of Marquette Drive.

The new bike/ped bridge connecting Bryn Mawr Avenue in Rosemont to the Trail is taking shape. Photo: Jared Kachelmeyer

We can look forward to a less muddy, better-connected Des Plaines River Trail

By John Greenfield | Jan 20, 2021 | No Comments

There are plenty of promising projects in the works for the trail that should result in better access and less-soggy post-rain rides.

A women-only car in New Dehli, India. Photo: Jordan Worthington

Readers: Women-only transit would be awesome / impractical / sexist / transphobic

By Olivia Grenzebach and John Greenfield | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments

One thing's for sure: If such a program is going to be implemented in Chicago, it needs to be explicitly inclusive of all women, including trans women, and nonbinary people.

What does the city’s new Fulton Market plan propose in terms of transportation?

By John Greenfield | Jan 18, 2021 | No Comments

Possible improvements could include protected bike lanes on Hubbard, a new Metra station, and rerouting Washington and Warren through Union Park.

Boarding platform for women-only train cars in Mexico City. Photo: Olivia Grenzenbach

Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.

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