Walking

The new separated bike path between North Avenue and Fullerton Avenue is just about ready for its ribbon cutting, and it’s unofficially open for riding.

The victim was the 29th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2017.

The new Chicago law requiring vehicle side guards and safety mirrors will help prevent future tragedies.

Police have released photos of a vehicle and a suspect from the hit-and-run crash.

The North Branch Trail is a popular multi-use trail operated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. It runs along the North Branch of the Chicago River and the Skokie Lagoons from the Northwest Side of Chicago to the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe. The trail was recently extended four miles south from its previous southeastern terminus at Devon and Caldwell in the city’s Edgebrook neighborhood to the Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Area at Foster and Kostner, near North Mayfair. This brings the total trail length to 22 miles.

CDOT is planning to install bike lanes on the sidewalks of Uptown's Lawrence and Wilson viaducts. It appears that this is a strategy to prevent future homeless encampments

We need to help make sure longtime residents get to stay in their communities to benefit from new amenities.

The Slow Roll Chicago cofounder argued that the location, cost, and marketing of the event makes it unlikely many residents from Vision Zero focus communities will attend.

Better infrastructure and education "carrots," rather than enforcement "sticks," are key.