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LaSpata said bikeway blockage 311 service requests can result in tickets. CDOT denies this.
Ald. Daniel LaSpata announced that Chicagoans can hold bikeway blockers accountable by creating a 311 service request that includes photos of the vehicle obstructing the lane and its license plates.
June 15, 2022
See where Illinois Secretary of State candidates stand on active transportation issues
See where Illinois Secretary of State candidates stand on issues related to active transportation.
June 14, 2022
Divvy’s new pricing is unaffordable to many residents, and therefore inequitable
Perversely, CDOT's and Lyft's community outreach plan was to explain to the public how the new pricing system works after members were already being charged the new e-bike fees.
June 14, 2022
At huge rally, demands for safe streets: “Let two beautiful souls, Rafi and Lily, guide us.”
"This is our home... where we should be able to raise our families, where anyone can take a stroll, a bike ride, or ride their scooter without fearing the worst," said Rafi Cardenas' father at the demonstration. "It is evident that our streets are not safe."
June 13, 2022
CPD victim-blamed Lily Shambrook’s mom. Safe streets protest planned this Sunday.
"The city can and should build safe infrastructure to prevent further loss of our friends, family, and loved ones," say protest organizers. "A better future is possible."
June 10, 2022
Lily Grace Shambrook, 3, killed by trucker, is 2nd recent child fatality on/near Leland
Details are still emerging from a truck-bike crash that reportedly took the life of a female toddler riding on the back of her mother's bicycle this morning at Leland and Winthrop avenues in Uptown.
June 9, 2022
New perpendicular parking crams in more cars at Montrose Beach, raises safety concerns
Parking was recently reconfigured at Montrose Beach at the request of local alderperson James Cappleman. The new layout raises traffic safety concerns.
June 8, 2022
Pickups and SUVs are driving the pedestrian death epidemic. But the tide may be turning.
While big vehicles are safer for people on the inside, they're more deadly for those on the outside. But there's a movement to require safer automobile designs and create disincentives to owning oversized vehicles.
June 8, 2022
Hit-and-run driver struck and injured man, 54, on bike in Brighton Park, left plate behind
The crash report says police recovered the license plate. Hopefully that, plus any available surveillance camera footage, will help bring the driver to justice.
June 8, 2022
Illinois lawmakers OK more expressway, DLSD cams, fail to legalize speed cams on highways
Illinois lawmakers could have addressed the crash epidemic by legalizing speed cameras on expressways. Instead they took the politically easier step of cracking down on gun violence, without addressing traffic violence.
June 7, 2022
