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A closer look at CDOT’s plan to close Chicago’s transportation equity gap
CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.
August 3, 2021
CTA stabbing epidemic highlights need for holistic violence prevention strategies
Investing in the prevention of violence, as opposed to armed responses to it, is money well-spent.
August 2, 2021
Cop who killed Hershel Weinberger was suspended after drunken suicide threat
It's not clear whether terminating the officer back in 2000 would have prevented him from killing the boy on his bicycle, but the cop deserves to be fired for his recklessness now.
July 30, 2021
CDOT announces a grid of new bike routes for Belmont Cragin and Hermosa
It looks promising that these largely working-class, Latino Northwest Side communities are about to become a lot more bike-friendly.
July 29, 2021
Transportation chair Howard Brookins discusses his effort to make e-scooters permanent
An ordinance proposed by 21st Ward alderman seeks to make the scooters a permanent part of Chicago’s transportation system.
July 29, 2021
Let’s make Glenwood from Devon to Pratt one-way to make room for bike lanes
Converting Glenwood to a one-way between Devon and Pratt is a promising idea to make the street more bikeable.
July 28, 2021
It’s getting real: Metra awards construction contract for Auburn Park station
The planned Auburn Park station in the Auburn-Gresham community has been in the works for over a decade, and advocacy for it by local residents has gone on even longer than that.
July 28, 2021
Thomas Travers, 59, fatally struck while biking in on Milwaukee in Jefferson Park
If a CDOT proposal for a road diet with protected bike lanes hadn't been blocked by local drivers led by an aldermanic candidate, Travers might still be alive.
July 28, 2021
Buffered bike lanes are coming to 71st in South Shore as part of streetscape project
Local alderman Leslie Hairston also discussed transportation plans for the Obama Presidential Center.
July 27, 2021
Eyes on the Street: A new slow street on Seminary Avenue in Lakeview
Thankfully, nowadays space for social distancing is not such an urgent need. But many residents appreciated the Slow Streets, so CDOT has brought back some of them, and is piloting a couple new ones.
July 26, 2021
