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A short existing segment of bus lane on 79th Street by the Red Line station. Photo: James Porter

Finally! The Lightfoot administration is rolling out pop-out pandemic bus lanes

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Streetsblog was pushing for pop-up bus lanes months ago when traffic was much lighter and there would have been less potential political backlash to repurposing mixed-traffic lanes but, hey, better late than never.

A plastic curb-protected bike lane in Lima, Peru. Photo: John Greenfield

Let’s install cheap, quick plastic curb-protected bike lanes all over Chicago

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2020 | No Comments

An upcoming bikeway project in Logan Square will demonstrate this fairly cheap, quick, flexible, and effective approach to installing protected lanes that should be repeated across the city.

A rendering of the proposed garage at Randolph and Ada streets.

Building a 500-car garage in the West Loop is counterproductive to fighting climate change

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 11, 2020 | No Comments

A focus on car storage ignores the true costs of car-based infrastructure. Climate change poses an existential threat, and adding more parking for cars ignores that reality.

Kids wrote messages on a blackboard in one of the parklets. Photo: James Porter

Converting parking to people space on 75th helps reenergize Black-owned restaurant strip

By James Porter | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments

The new 75th Street Boardwalk, located between Calumet and Indiana avenues is available for use by eleven local restaurants and businesses.

Union Pacific Northwest Metra line riders disembark at the currently car-centric Pingree Road station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Crystal Lake, RTA seek community feedback for transit-orientated development plan

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

Crystal Lake is working with the Regional Transportation Authority to create a Strategic Action Plan, which would guide community development and transportation planning around the suburb's two Metra stations.

The car from this morning's rollover crash at Belmont and LSD. Photo: Beth Medley

There were at least two injury crashes this week near Belmont/LSD, a collision hotspot

By John Greenfield | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments

It's not clear exactly why this area is a problem spot, but it appears that better guard rail protection is needed.

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