How Bike Lane Uprising Is Helping to Document Chicago’s Blocked Bikeway Problem
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The site makes it easy for citizens to report bike lane blockages, and hold repeat offenders accountable.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Chicago Policy
CTA Documents: Loop Link Has Yielded Only Minor Speed Gains
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While Loop Link was supposed to double bus speeds, that hasn't happened, partly due the lack of prepaid boarding and lane enforcement. But that doesn't mean the project is a failure.
Mary Mitchell Wrote a Powerful Defense of Red Light Cameras
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The death of five-year-old Daniela Chavez, and injury of seven other people, including five children, last Sunday morning at 43rd and Western was a stark case of a tragedy caused by a driver’s decision to disobey a red light. According to authorities, at about 10:25 a.m. the driver of a Ford Focus ran the light […]
Eyes on the Street: Mixed Messages on the Riverwalk
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While signs and markings on the Lakefront Trail lead cyclists to the riverwalk, signs at the promenade warn that they'll be prosecuted if they ride there, even though it's still legal to do so.
Bike Walk Fund Campaigns Could Bring More Safety Projects to Underserved Areas
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Update 10/16/18: Active Trans announced yesterday that 27 local CEOs have sent a letter to Governor Bruce Rauner and gubernatorial challenger J.B. Pritzker asking them to commit to establishing a $50 million annual state Bike Walk Fund. Last week I tweeted out before-and-after photos of a slip-lane removal at Roscoe/Paulina/Lincoln in the affluent, majority-white Lakeview neighborhood. […]
Despite Inaccurate Numbers, Bicycling Magazine’s Demotion of Chicago Is On-Point
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While the magazine's figures for our city's current bikeway mileage are off, ranking Chicago in sixth place is more realistic than our top ranking in 2016.