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Consensus reached on plan to make Glenwood in Rogers Park safer by converting it to one-way
The plan to convert this half-mile stretch, part of the Glenwood-Greenview Greenway bike route connecting Uptown and Evanston, already had the blessing of the Chicago Department of Transportation.
March 15, 2022
Man on bike, 54, critically injured in crash with SUV driver at Bryn Mawr/Nagle intersection
The bike rider suffered an injury to his right leg and multiple lacerations to the body and face, but he is expected to survive.
March 15, 2022
Chicago Auto Show producers sponsor contest that produces awful victim-blaming PSAs
This year's Chicago Auto Show showcased absurdly dangerous vehicle designs. Here's a look at the traffic safety PSA contest the show's producer sponsored, which produced victim-blaming video clips.
March 10, 2022
Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
March 9, 2022
New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving
For a supposedly environmental-minded organization to do that can only be described as hypocritical and perverse.
March 7, 2022
BMW driver fatally struck Gerardo Marciales, 41, as he crossed DLSD on a Divvy bike
Police say the motorist "instead of turning left according to the traffic signal, continued north," but he wasn't cited.
March 3, 2022
Closed underpasses, and opening minds about a radical redesign of DuSable LSD
Impassible underpasses aren't just inconvenient. They also highlight the inconvenient truth that our addiction to cars is contributing to the existential threat of climate change.
March 2, 2022
50 groups ask Pritzker to focus federal funding on sustainable, equitable transportation
"You have a historic opportunity to change the status quo of transportation planning to build good zero emissions public transit systems and construct infrastructure for safe walking and biking."
March 2, 2022
Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year
Officials promised that after the designs proved successful, they would be upgraded with permanent concrete infrastructure. Several years later, that's finally supposed to happen.
March 1, 2022
Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes
The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.
February 25, 2022
