Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Federal Policy

Shared Mobility Action Agenda aims to make non-private-car modes handy for all by 2030

By John Greenfield | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

There are many ways to screw up shared mobility. So hopefully the action agenda will focus on shared modes that actually decrease emissions, rather than exacerbate climate change.

Nick Parlingayan, who was killed on his bike by a hit-and-run driver Wednesday night at Milwaukee/Kilbourn. Photo: Facebook

Failure to create safe cycling conditions on Milwaukee leads to second bike death at Kilbourn

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2022 | No Comments

The latest victim was barista Nick Parlingayan, 22, fatally struck Wednesday night by a driver who fled the scene.

ATA's staff and board at the reception. Photo: John Greenfield

Banasiak, Duckworth, and Moeller honored at ATA awards reception

By John Greenfield | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

The Active Transportation Alliance's annual awards reception gives credit to people who've made a difference to improve Chicagoland sustainable transportation in the past year.

A CTA bus driver on Inner Lake Shore Drive. Photo: John Greenfield

How about increasing CTA staffing, reliability, and ridership as a crime-fighting strategy?

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

What if we focused on getting the CTA workforce up to full strength as a strategy to increase reliability, ridership, and safety, by having more eyes in the 'L' cars to deter crime and bad behavior?

A traffic jam on the Kennedy Expressway. The City Council just voted to use your tax money to fund more of this. Photo: John Greenfield

Lightfoot’s plan to spend $7.5M to pay people to burn gas narrowly passes City Council

By John Greenfield | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

If you're unhappy that your tax dollars will be used to pay people to drive, now you know to hold accountable.

A back door deal: Land transfer to facilitate driving to O’Hare from west is a bad investment

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

Government officials just can’t seem to think outside the automotive box and create quality sustainable transportation alternatives.

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