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Should we rename Lake Shore Drive for Chicago founder Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?
During a time of increased calls for racial reckoning, renaming Chicago's famous shoreline highway for our city's overlooked Black founder would be a powerful statement.
December 10, 2020
What other intersections would benefit from artistic Complete Streets makeovers?
These kinds of Complete Streets interventions are fairly easy and inexpensive, and can help make neighborhoods safer as well as more beautiful.
December 10, 2020
Car-free streets have helped restaurants — don’t blame them for poor sales at your gift shop
We should have sympathy for merchants who are struggling. But when they blame car-free streets for their financial woes, it's best to take that with a grain of salt.
December 8, 2020
Pickup truck driver fatally struck Michael Guzman, 31, in West Rogers Park
Guzman was the 31st pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
December 4, 2020
We are all that wave-tossed Lakefront Trail cyclist
Yesterday morning when big waves knocked a person off their bike on the Lakefront Trail and nearly dragged them into Lake Michigan, it was a symbol of many things.
December 1, 2020
Hit and-run drivers killed pedestrians in Little Village, Chatham last week
31 pedestrians have died on Chicago streets so far in 2020.
November 30, 2020
Free advice to Biden: Do yourself a favor and don’t hire Rahm Emanuel as USDOT chief
Announcing Emanuel as your choice would almost certainly fill the streets of Chicago with hundreds or thousands of justifiably angry protesters. You really don't want to kick off your administration that way.
November 30, 2020
Leland Slow Street in 47th Ward ends Sunday, permanent greenway coming next year
Let's raise a toast to the Leland Slow Street, which has helped make the COVID-19 lockdown a little more bearable for local residents and families.
November 28, 2020
Ald. Martin floated the idea of downtown congestion pricing during budget talks
Who knows, with enough political support for this idea to reduce congestion and pollution and plug the budget hole, maybe we can get congestion pricing approved in the 2022 budget.
November 24, 2020
Lightfoot’s budget narrowly passes, with downsides for transit riders and motorists alike
The budget diverts $16 million in operations funding from the CTA. It also raises the city gas tax by three cents and drops the speed camera ticket threshold to 6 mph.
November 24, 2020
