Driving

It wasn't crystal clear from the presentation earlier this month which "near-term" improvements are slated for construction this summer, so here's a recap.

Reducing the number of serious and fatal crashes in the areas that are most impacted by traffic violence, without unfairly targeting neighborhoods of color, is going to require extensive community input and buy-in.

The driver was cited for driving without a license, negligence, and failure to yield to a pedestrian in the roadway.

The driver was cited for failure to exercise due care for a pedestrian in the roadway, according to police.

The five-way intersection of Belmont, Western, and Clybourn, as well as the stretch of Western between the Chicago River and Lane Tech High, is friendlier to pedestrians and a lot less gloomy thanks to the just-completed project to remove the nearly 60-year-old Riverview flyover. However, the street makeover missed some opportunities to make the corridor safer and more accessible to all road users, maintaining the overwhelmingly car-centric nature of the corridor.

At yesterday’s public meeting on the North Lake Shore Drive reconstruction the public got a better look at what the Illinois and Chicago departments of transportation have planned for the coastal highway.

High parking prices actually help merchants by encouraging turnover and increasing the supply of available spaces.

Cars have exponentially more potential for death and destruction than bikes, but all road users are capable of harming others. How should these facts influence government policy, as well as personal conduct?

Representatives of Active Trans, MCP, and CNT discuss what the good news will mean for sustainable transportation in the Chicago region and the state.