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Jaime Cuadra, 47, is 2nd person killed this month at a deadly Dan Ryan / Red Line intersection
A "road diet" is badly needed here, and everywhere else where where overly-large streets contribute to pedestrian fatalities, especially in front of transit stations.
January 9, 2023
Bike-ped upgrades coming to 4 Calumet River bridges as part of federally funded rehab
New sidewalks will be installed, and the bridges will all get bike lanes and concrete infill. However, physically protected bikeways are not in the works.
January 4, 2023
Man killed by hit-and-run driver is 5th person fatally struck at 79th/Lafayette since 2015
This recent tragedy is yet more evidence that additional measures are needed to stop drivers from killing people at this intersection.
January 4, 2023
Roy Lee, 21, struck by hit-and-run driver in Englewood, was 1st Chicago ped fatality of 2023
Tragically, just two days into 2023, Chicago already saw its first pedestrian death of the year.
January 3, 2023
Yeesh! Drivers crashed into Ainslie Art Plaza (again!) and Manor Greenway island
When the city installs nice things for bike riders and pedestrians, reckless drivers often destroy them. That happened twice within the last couple of days in two different locations in the 40th Ward.
January 2, 2023
Hit-and-run driver dragged and killed man, 63, injured male wheelchair user, 56, in Brainerd
The victim appears to be the 31st and final Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2022.
January 1, 2023
CDOT Strategic Plan update touts new infra. We still have far to go to achieve safe streets.
Despite the plan's goal to "Reduce dangerous driving on Chicago’s streets," never has the city felt further from Vision Zero.
December 30, 2022
LFT is partly closed, Divvy is still partially functioning through the deep-freeze
The blizzard conditions, high winds, and subzero temperatures of the past 24 hours in Chicago have been character-building, to say the least.
December 23, 2022
Newly reopened Webster bridge has a more bikable solid deck, but no bike lanes
Ideally, any time a bridge is renovated it should get protected bike lanes, but unfortunately Webster only got "sharrow" shared-lane markings.
December 23, 2022
Sick Byrne! Twitter account for the $800M+ interchange expansion gets brutally ratioed
Maybe IDOT will think twice next time before telling Chicagoans to "move over" to make way for cars.
December 21, 2022
