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What does mobility justice mean? Reflections on last weekend’s Untokening event
Mobility justice for me is about expanding freedom for people to be able to move and live their lives joyfully and fearlessly.
October 11, 2019
13 Divvy bikes were slashed with a butcher knife this summer
Divvy thefts weren't a huge issue this summer, but this was a nasty case of seemingly random vandalism.
October 9, 2019
Victory! The right to bike on the riverwalk is preserved. Now about those “No Biking” signs…
Thanks in part to Streetsblog's advocacy on the issue, Alderman Reilly never followed through on his threat to ban cycling on the promenade, and the city is looking at ways to accommodate biking. Now the no biking signs need to come down.
October 8, 2019
Inspector General calls out CPD for illegal parking; police bike lane blockage needs to stop too
While the new advisory focuses on parking in fire lanes and emergency exits, as well as parking placard abuse, the IG's office says it's also interested in sidewalk, crosswalk, and bike lane violations.
October 8, 2019
Southwest Siders want action on Cinespace filming that blocks transportation access
The film studio's activities have been shutting down 16th Street and 21st Street in East Douglas Park and Little Village.
October 4, 2019
A dinosaur still roams the earth: John Forester discusses his discredited anti-bikeway credo
The author of "Effective Cycling" and founder of the vehicular cycling movement still insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that bikeways makes cyclists less safe.
October 3, 2019
Uptown LSD Improvements Would Include Trail Grade Separation, Bus Amenities
But some residents argued that plans to make cyclists and pedestrians on the Lakefront Trail use tunnels and an overpass to cross eat-west streets in order to facilitate driving is car-centric.
September 30, 2019
Decrease in police targeting of Black cyclists is encouraging, but there’s still work to do
The total number of tickets written city wide has dropped almost 50 percent since 2016, according to a new Chicago Tribune report. But Black neighborhoods still see more than 50 percent of the citations.
September 27, 2019
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.
September 25, 2019
West Side Vision Zero Plan downplays the role of police enforcement, stresses education
West Side residents made it clear that they don't want Vision Zero to lead to traffic stops being used as an excuse to conduct searches.
September 18, 2019
