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Who should we really be building bikeways for?
A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.
January 10, 2022
The lows and highs of Chicagoland’s 2021 transportation news
It's likely 2022 will bring even more advocacy and direction action around sustainable transportation, and necessary and robust responses from city and state transportation officials.
January 7, 2022
Bakery-fresh CDOT study reaffirms speed cameras are saving lives
The new report compared the changes in crash numbers near speed cameras and citywide between 2012-13 and 2018-2019 and confirmed that collision numbers have stayed relatively low near the cams.
January 6, 2022
City Colleges of Chicago is providing free Divvy annual memberships to all students
In other collegiate cycling news, Olive-Harvey College is, for the first time, offering an eight-week Bicycle Maintenance and Repair course.
January 5, 2022
Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building
In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.
December 31, 2021
Mejor accesibilidad lingüística y más formación de coaliciones
En una profesión como la planificación urbana, que es técnica y política, y requiere la participación ciudadana y acción comunitaria, la accesibilidad lingüística es sola una herramienta necesaria.
December 31, 2021
Dozens of advocates protested Halsted bike lane removal for Amazon warehouse turn lane
Cycling and environmental justice advocates showed up to protest the removal of part of one of the Halsted Street bike lanes to make room for a turn lane for a new Amazon warehouse in Bridgeport.
December 30, 2021
CTA bus driver union president on Transit Ambassadors: “I’d definitely support that”
"We just want to be able to do our job safely and go from Point A to Point B with no problems. Whether it's armed or unarmed, we don't care."
December 24, 2021
Commercial Avenue in South Chicago will get raised bike lanes and bus bulbs
This Complete Streets project includes major streetscape improvements on Commercial between 83th and 93rd streets, with additional improvements on 92nd Street.
December 23, 2021
Commercial Avenue tendrá ciclovías elevados y extensiones para autobuses
Este proyecto de Calles Completas, o Complete Streets, incluye mejoras en el entorno urbano de Commercial sobre las calles 83 y 93, con mejoras adicionales en la calle 92.
December 23, 2021
