Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about County Policy

A Pace bus approaches the Harvey Transportation Center, as seen from the Harvey Metra Electric station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Report: Fair Transit South Cook pilot helped ridership recover from pandemic lows

By Igor Studenkov | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Cook County’s review of the first full year of the Fair Transit South Cook confirmed some of what Streetsblog Chicago’s earlier dive into Metra ridership numbers suggested.

Long lines of cars, slowed buses, wasted city resources at Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway

By John Greenfield | Mar 24, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully in the near future we'll find out exactly how much Wilson's publicity stunt cost Chicago taxpayers.

Here's where you can expect horrible traffic congestion and lots of noxious exhaust emissions on Thursday morning in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Image: John Greenfield via Google Maps

Mapped: Here’s where Willie Wilson will be creating traffic jams and smog on Thursday

By John Greenfield | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

It's good that free stuff is being concentrated in communities that have the most economic need but the negative impacts of congestion, pollution, and increased policing will also be concentrated in those communities.

Gas giveaways harm people. We shouldn’t let rich politicians like Willie Wilson do them.

By John Greenfield | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

Gas giveaways don't just benefit some residents while ignoring others. They negatively impact vulnerable people by slowing down buses and creating more emissions.

Driver entrance to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Image: Google Maps

New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

For a supposedly environmental-minded organization to do that can only be described as hypocritical and perverse.

While the bike lanes will calm traffic and help organize the street mid-block, the road will balloon to five lanes for drivers at stoplight intersections.

Skokie’s Crawford bike lanes, passing by 5-lane intersections, won’t be low-stress

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

Skokie aims to be more appealing for cyclists. But a proposed redesign of Crawford Avenue misses the mark in terms of a design that will meaningfully grow the number of people traveling by bike.

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