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La Reunión del Colaborativa de movilidad de Chicago el jueves en el McKinley Park Field House. Foto: Ismael Cuevas

Resumen de la reunión del Colaborativo de movilidad de Chicago en marzo

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 1, 2023 | No Comments

La primera reunión trimestral del Colaborativo de movilidad de Chicago del año se llevó a cabo la semana pasada el jueves 16 de marzo en el McKinley Park Fieldhouse.

The Chicago Mobility Collaborative Meeting on Thursday at the McKinley Park Field House Photo: Ismael Cuevas

Chicago Mobility Collaborative March meeting recap

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 1, 2023 | No Comments

The first quarterly Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting of the year was held this past week on Thursday March 16th at the McKinley Park Fieldhouse.

“Carmageddon” by Chicagoan Daniel Knowles discusses how our society became car-centric

By Michael Lynch | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

His advice for people inspired by his book to try to fix this? “I think my advice would be ‘Be louder’, because you are quite numerous. There's more of you than you think.”

Before-and-after renderings of Oak Street Beach, looking north from the top of the Hancock Tower. This version of the after rendering includes bus-only lanes.

Renderings of Redefine the Drive an ambitious vision for improving public space

By Sharon Hoyer | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

Drawings of potential changes were posted on the Redefine the Drive website, many which are various views of a dramatically transformed Oak Street beach and new green space.

Driver who ran stop sign fatally struck James R. Thompson, 26, in West Loop, fled

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

Drivers blowing stop signs is commonplace in Chicago, and tragically early Saturday morning in the West Loop a motorist's decision to do so robbed James Richard Thompson, 26, of his life.

Police with the white sedan following Wednesday's crash. Image: ABC Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crash-cragin-man-dies-cicero/13041296/

Man, 46, is 2nd pedestrian struck on multilane Cicero Ave. in less than 4 months

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

On December 14, 2022, a male pedestrian was walking in 1100 block of South Cicero Avenue in Austin when an SUV driver fatally struck him. The five-lane layout of the street encourages speeding. Less than four months later and about 3.5 miles north, early Wednesday morning, March 29, another driver struck and killed a male […]

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