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Evanston is planning walk/bike improvements on Chicago Avenue and Church Street
The changes could make it easier to get across Chicago's neighbor to the north without a car.
October 28, 2021
Why Your City’s ‘Vision Zero’ Plan Needs ‘Direct Vision’
The drivers of the biggest vehicles on U.S. roads can’t even see many of the people in their path — and cities could be doing more right now to stop blind-spot deaths, a recent panel of experts argued.
October 25, 2021
U.S. Cities Have More Car-Free Households Than You Think
Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives, new research suggests.
October 22, 2021
CMAP survey: Residents place a high value on ability to get places, access to amenities.
The survey gauged close to 2,500 northeastern Illinois residents’ attitudes toward key quality of life factors, such as transportation, open space, and housing, and what they considered successes and challenges across the region.
October 21, 2021
New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Encourage
A groundbreaking new calculator gives advocates the tools they need to instantly show the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
October 20, 2021
Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage
Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns.
October 19, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Dodge Truancy v. Mercedes Benz E-Class
Today, we’re looking at two spots that might initially seem like opposites: a nostalgic ode to the 1980s NASCAR aesthetic, and a starry-eyed love-letter to an autonomous driving future that America is nowhere near achieving.
October 16, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Aggressively American Edition
We’re finishing off our first round of competition with two ads that give a salute to America … or at least one very specific, aggressively toxic version of it.
October 5, 2021
Affordable housing and a new park in the works for western end of 606 Trail
It would have been better if more had been done to prevent housing displacement in the first place.
October 5, 2021
Join us for a Streetsblog meetup at Handlebar on Wednesday, October 13
Handlebar a cyclist hangout with plentiful bike parking and furniture made from old cycle parts, serving mostly vegetarian offerings with a couple of fish dishes.
October 4, 2021
