Walking

Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.

It's great that the design calls for pedestrianizing Cornell Drive, but the city plans to create more capacity than ever, which will only encourage more driving.

The city's project to redesign Milwaukee Avenue from Logan Boulevard to Belmont has primarily focused on the complicated issues that surround the six-way intersection and traffic circle at Milwaukee, Logan, and Kedzie, the namesake of the Logan Square neighborhood. Last night's hearing on the initiative was similarly focused on the juction, as five of the eight design presentation boards and all of the tables set up with plans laid out upon them featured the four new Logan Square layout concepts. That made sense, because anyone that you talked to at the meeting immediately offered up their opinion about the intersection, although people still had some thoughts to share about the rest of Milwaukee.

The driver claims the sun was in his eyes, but his passenger says he yelled for the driver to stop.

A white resident has proposed hiring a security patrol, financed by neighbors, in response to a spike in crime. But people of color argue that this could make them the target of racial profiling.

The next step should be to make the whole plan less car-focused by investing in transit infrastructure rather than road widening.

Despite Trump's threats to gut federal funding for transit, walking, and bike projects, 2017 was still as decent year for Chicago sustainable transportation, although it definitely had its ups and downs.

The collision, which critically injured the driver, was at least the third crash along the south Lakefront Trail within a few months.

The indoor walkway system is a godsend for downtown commuters during sub-zero weather.