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Lincoln Yards planners say they hope to improve non-car connections to the site
Restoring bus service on Elston and Clybourn avenues would be one way to improve connectivity.
February 23, 2021
Latest Loop Alliance report shows continued uncertainty and preference for personal cars
Personal cars remained the most popular way survey respondents reported getting to workâover 55 percent of respondents have said they use a personal car to commute since September.
February 22, 2021
Gas station next to lakefront in Uptown to be replaced by a bigger gas station
The property owner is seeking a zoning change that would allow for a new two-story building containing a new gas station with accessory retail and office space within a two-story building.
February 19, 2021
Eyes on the street: A perfectly good bump-out is rendered useless by lack of signs
When the Chicago Department of Transportation redesigns a street, but fails to put in the necessary signs to tell drivers where and where not to park, the result can be dangerous chaos.
February 18, 2021
DPD denies approval for car-centric 6 Corners Project that is “significantly overparked”
The proposal called for a staggering 834 parking spaces, with most of the land gobbled up by surface parking.
February 18, 2021
Lakefront Trail has reopened after 24+ hour closure following blizzard
Let's chalk this up as a rare exception to the CPD's normally excellent trail maintenance protocols.
February 17, 2021
Better Streets Chicago calls on the city to develop a plan for municipal sidewalk snow removal
The group has launched a new campaign and petition, with almost 1,250 signatures, to exhort the city of Chicago to take charge of winter sidewalk clearance.
February 15, 2021
Ald. Martin kyboshes autocentric supermarket planned for a transit-friendly site
The area needs a land use that supports local businesses and makes the area more pedestrian- and bike-friendly, rather than an "anti-transit-oriented development" that undermine those goals.
February 11, 2021
Instead of spending millions on parking for a new clinic, why not subsidize transit use?
After pushback from neighbors, Northwestern is spending $7 million more to move all 350 parking spots in its new clinic underground. Could some of these car trips be replaced with transit?
February 11, 2021
Alderman Martin approves 48-unit equitable TOD at Zia’s restaurant site in Lakeview
This project seems like a good template for equitable transit-oriented development that should be emulated elsewhere on the North Side.
February 10, 2021
