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Lightfoot Made Big Plans for Transportation; Let’s Make Sure She Follows Through
Here's a list of Lightfoot's key promises on traffic safety, enforcement, transit, TOD, biking, ride-hailing, and more. Streetsblog will help push her to keep them.
April 3, 2019
Where Do Lori and Toni Part Ways on Transportation?
Lightfoot's positions on bike/walk funding, the North LASD rehab, reduced CTA fares, and bus lane enforcement are arguably more progressive, but neither candidate is terrible on transportation.
April 1, 2019
How a Run-in With a Reckless Cabbie Inspired Me to Advocate for Safer Biking
After I reported harassment by a taxi driver, I was pleasantly surprised to get a quick response from the city. Now I want to do more to help other cyclists.
March 29, 2019
How New Mobility Tech Could Impact TOD — For Good or Bad
Ride-share, shared mobility devices, and autonomous vehicles could help expand the TOD zone, but they could also exacerbate transportation inequities if all residents don't have good access.
March 26, 2019
A Cheat Sheet to Our Chicago Transportation Discussion on the “Aldermanic” Podcast
We discussed Lightfoot and Preckwinkle's transportation platforms, and the upcoming Divvy Lyft sponsorship and expansion deal.
March 22, 2019
Mobility Task Force Report Has Some Good Ideas, But Misses Some Opportunities
The study fails to mention that better collaboration between CTA, Pace, Metra, and the South Shore Line could greatly improve mobility for residents.
March 20, 2019
Thanks to a Streetsblog Reader, Fallen Cyclist Bobby Cann’s Memorial Sign Is Back in Place
A recent ordinance that "sundowns" honorary sign designations after five years unless they are renewed by an alderman, but CDOT says they didn't take it down.
March 15, 2019
New Chicago Task Force Report Has Guidelines for Shared Mobility and AV Policy
Short-term recommendations include hiring a Chief Mobility Officer and piloting dockless scooters.
March 14, 2019
How Are Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Ride-Share Restrictions Going to Work?
Not just Uber and Lyft drivers, but also cabbies, pedicab operators, and private vehicle drivers will be governed by the restrictions.
March 13, 2019
4th Pedestrian Fatality in Niles Area May Inspire a Crackdown — on Pedestrians
After Annamma Abraham, 67, was killed while walking on a stretch of five-lane Golf Road with no sidewalks, the Niles police may start writing more pedestrian citations.
March 12, 2019
