Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Policy & Planning

Young attendees at the Dickens Greenway meeting. Photo: Rebecca Resman

Strong Support from Residents — Including Lots of Kids — at Dickens Greenway Hearing

By John Greenfield | Aug 23, 2019 | 12 Comments

Despite comments from some naysayers who are against bringing more outsiders to Dickens Avenue and Oz Park, the majority of attendees at the hearing seemed to be in favor of the project.

A cyclist rides past Saint James Lutheran School on Dickens Avenue in Lincoln Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Nevermind the NIMBYs, Here’s What Dickens Greenway Advocates Have to Say

By John Greenfield | Aug 21, 2019 | 6 Comments

Forget about the anonymous, fear-mongering Friends of Dickens. Here's what real Chicagoans with names and faces think about the project.

Olatunji Oboi Reed kicking off a Slow Roll Chicago ride in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest side of Chicago in August of 2015. Photo: Michael Bracey

Riding Through the Pain: One Year, One Day, and One Hundred Miles of Biking

By Olatunji Oboi Reed | Aug 21, 2019 | 3 Comments

Slow Roll Chicago and Equiticity cofounder Oboi Reed discusses his past year of struggling with clinical depression, and why he's ready to get back in the fight for mobility justice.

Alderman George Cardenas. Photo: Chicago Sun-Times

No, Alderman Cardenas, Your Southwest Side Ward Doesn’t Have “Plenty of Bike Lanes”

By John Greenfield | Aug 20, 2019 | 15 Comments

In some alternate-universe Chicago, Cardenas' 12th Ward is crisscrossed with bike lanes, and his ally Brendan Reilly hasn't done multiple things to block downtown bike and pedestrian access.

The Paseo corridor. Photo: John Geenfield

Little Village Residents Want Paseo Plan to Address Housing, Environmental Concerns

By Lynda Lopez | Aug 17, 2019 | 2 Comments

On Tuesday, August 13, Little Village residents gathered at Oak Street Health on 26th Street for a community meeting on the proposed four-mile Paseo trail connecting Little Village and Pilsen. The event was hosted by Únete La Villita, the community development committee of Little Village. The proposed Paseo trail has been subject of extensive speculation and […]

Paint-and-post sidewalk extensions shorten crossing distances. Photo: John Greenfield

Eye on the Street: Andersonville (Finally!) Gets a Complete Streets Makeover

By John Greenfield | Aug 15, 2019 | 15 Comments

Paint-and-post sidewalk bump-outs and dashed bike lanes create a better environment for walking and cycling.

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