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September Loop Alliance report shows slow, steady increase in walking, transit use
Hopefully promotional fares on the CTA, Metra, and the South Shore Line will help incentivize more folks to return to transit and drive less.
October 29, 2021
Evanston is planning walk/bike improvements on Chicago Avenue and Church Street
The changes could make it easier to get across Chicago's neighbor to the north without a car.
October 28, 2021
Mapped: Here’s where Chicago is awarding 11 grants for equitable TOD projects.
Along with Elevated Chicago and Enterprise Community Partners, the city is providing $160,000 in microgrants and technical assistance to help out with project construction near transit stations across Chicago.
October 27, 2021
CMAP survey: Residents place a high value on ability to get places, access to amenities.
The survey gauged close to 2,500 northeastern Illinois residents’ attitudes toward key quality of life factors, such as transportation, open space, and housing, and what they considered successes and challenges across the region.
October 21, 2021
The case for municipal sidewalk snow clearance in Chicago
Better Streets organizer and local planner, Michael Podgers, makes the case for municipal sidewalk clearance in Chicago.
October 20, 2021
Open Boulevards in North Lawndale: “It makes you want to come outside”
Douglas Boulevard for walking, jogging, biking, live music, games, a Haitian American Museum of Chicago exhibit, and grilling: a day of fun and culture.
October 18, 2021
Driver fatally struck Mary Johnson, 82, in North Lawndale and left the scene
Johnson was the 18th person killed on foot on Chicago streets this year.
October 18, 2021
Dissenting opinions: Why do some bike shop owners oppose the Pratt bike bridge?
The arguments against building the bridge don't outweigh the positives: safer, more convenient, and more pleasant east-west bike and pedestrian access.
October 15, 2021
CTA bus driver fatally struck William Hiebel, 85, next to LFT’s Buena underpass
Although police described the victim as a pedestrian, a local resident told Streetsblog the senior was actually bicycling west from the underpass into the road when he was struck.
October 11, 2021
Prisca Reynoso-Benitez, 64, is 2nd person killed at same location on Devon in 9 years
The pedestrian fatality epidemic along Devon in Little India should be addressed with more stop signs, stoplights, and speed cameras.
October 10, 2021
