As scooter pilot ends, Active Trans report calls for expanding it, with strings attached
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Go ahead and expand the program, Active Trans says, but require parking docks or corrals, and keep them out of downtown and off the Lakefront Trail.
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Victory! The right to bike on the riverwalk is preserved. Now about those “No Biking” signs…
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Thanks in part to Streetsblog's advocacy on the issue, Alderman Reilly never followed through on his threat to ban cycling on the promenade, and the city is looking at ways to accommodate biking. Now the no biking signs need to come down.
Inspector General calls out CPD for illegal parking; police bike lane blockage needs to stop too
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While the new advisory focuses on parking in fire lanes and emergency exits, as well as parking placard abuse, the IG's office says it's also interested in sidewalk, crosswalk, and bike lane violations.
Southwest Siders want action on Cinespace filming that blocks transportation access
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The film studio's activities have been shutting down 16th Street and 21st Street in East Douglas Park and Little Village.
It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today
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Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.
It’s a shame Car2go is leaving Chicago, but here are other ideas to reduce car ownership
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An all-electric, free-floating, equity-minded car-share service like Blue LA would be a great replacement. But we should also focus on improving transit and biking so that people rarely need to drive at all.