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Some 100 people braved the rain to honor fallen cyclists on the 20th annual Chicago Ride of Silence
The event also drew attention to the need for safer street design, and for Chicago to follow peer cities' examples by lowering our default speed limit to 25 mph.
Celebrate Chicago’s best bicycling season with Ride Illinois’ family-friendly September event series
Nine of the 15 rides scheduled across Illinois are taking place in Chicagoland, including two within the city of Chicago.
For the second year in a row, the Sadie Hawkins Style Ride bicycle scavenger hunt will raise money for the Chicago Abortion Fund
Video: Take a virtual trip down the car-free “Hipster Highway” during last Sunday’s inaugural Meet Me on Milwaukee pedestrianization event
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 30
Taste of 79th Community Walk uses stroll with a New Orleans-style band to highlight corridor
Partying like it’s 2026: Officials and dozens of advocates celebrated next year’s rosier transit picture, talked BRT, over pints at Beguile Brewery
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 8
Cook County, CMAP, and CDOT have teamed up on a Safety Action Plan to prevent traffic injuries and deaths
CTA seeks feedback, activists urge action at pop-ups
Riders share feedback with CTA at a series of pop-up "chats." But what improvements can be made until the $770M fiscal cliff is diverted?
The Climate Action Hero Awards celebrated CNT VP Jacky Grimshaw’s superpower of promoting walk/bike/transit
Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 27
State legislators pushing to merge CTA, Pace, and Metra into one agency spoke at Transit Town Hall
State Sen. Ram Villivalam, (D-8th) and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado (D-3rd), as well as Graciela Guzmán, a Democratic senate nominee, addressed the crowd of transit advocates.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 28
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 19
Today’s Headlines for Friday June 14
Two wheels and mutual aid: Cyclingxsolidarity founder discusses how they’ve responded to food insecurity and ICE crackdowns
Illinois could help avoid the transit fiscal cliff by shifting federal funding from highways to public transportation
Veteran transit advocate Jacky Grimshaw on how to dodge the fiscal cliff, convince people to stop worrying and love eTOD
She gave the keynote speech at Friday's A Big Tent Urbanist Coalition Meetup at the Climate Action Museum.
RTA tries making stations safer with community events at 8 transit stops in Chicago, Joliet, and Maywood
Free programs at stations across the city and the region will help provide more "eyes on the street".
Strong Towns Chicago had a summer of activities to make our city safer, more livable, and more resilient
The local chapter of the national organization has had a busy season of neighborhood walking tours, lobbying for transit-oriented developments, and presenting their own proposals.
The cutting edge: Transit agencies begin planning 40% service reductions
Concern about El Paseo Trail raising housing prices suggests that 606-like greenways are needed all across the city
Learning about social justice and environmental issues on the Lawndale Soulidarity Bike Ride
Equiticity joined forces with LVEJO and Únete La Villita on this event to help strengthen connections between Black and Latino communities in North Lawndale and Little Village.
At a Tactical Urbanism Visioning Session, Strong Towns Chicago members discussed an idea for DIY bus benches
This year’s ATA Movers and Shakers Ball was inspired by innovation, with an eye on transit threats
At her joyful retirement party, the “Mayor” of the Armitage Brown Line station offers advice to live by for riders – and CTA brass
Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting at Douglass Park discusses current transportation projects in North Lawndale
The quarterly events, held at locations around the city, give residents a chance to weigh on CDOT's sustainable transportation efforts.
Chaddick Institute report on intercity bus service suggests Chicago and Illinois need to catch up with other cities and states
Discussing efforts to reboot Grand Illinois Trail, and build East Branch DuPage River Trail, during ATA’s Advocacy Connect chat
There was also discussion of ATA volunteering opportunities for National Bike Month and the Week Without Driving.
Everyone is a Pedestrian: Active Transportation Alliance annual member party celebrates the power of advocacy
There’s no shame in the Critical Mass “corking” game. But after violence two months in a row, let’s increase the peace
Enraged drivers assaulted CCM riders blocking intersections on the Near North Side and in Uptown, including shots fired. What's the right way forward?
Northern attitudes: At ATA’s Suburban Advocacy Connect event, talk of a “livid” battle over Skokie bikeway plan
Other topics discussed included federal funding for bike-walk safety projects, Ride Illinois events, an infrastructure field trip in Glenview, and Bike the Drive.
Catching up with legendary Chicago bike advocate Kathy Schubert
In the early hours of Halloween, Illinois General Assembly passed $1.5B transit bill that’s anything but horrific. Pritzker will likely sign it.
Better Streets kicks up its safe streets lobbying efforts with launch of new Action Fund
Better Streets Chicago celebrates another big year of advocacy, and provides a sneak peek at next year’s efforts
State reps Ann Williams, Kelly Cassidy, and Eva-Dina Delgado, plus ATA’s Amy Rynell, discussed fiscal cliff at “Four Broads Talking Transit” panel
At celebration of Long Greenway, alders Cruz and Sposato praise traffic calming, explain why they voted against a safer speed limit
Leaders celebrated for commitment to public transit and pedestrian safety at annual Movers & Shakers Ball
1st Ward Ald. Daniel La Spata, Metra CEO James M. Derwinski, and 7th District Illinois State Senator Mike Simmons were honored at the event.
First ever City Civics Day encourages engagement and activism
Streetsblog attended the breakout session "How to create active, sustainable, safe streets."
Some 100 people turned out for a ride to support CDOT’s proposal to swap parking for protected bike lanes on Clark in Uptown
Active Transportation Alliance’s annual member meeting celebrated 2023 walk/bike/transit wins and hinted at the year ahead
It was a full house at the Revolution Brewing Taproom on Tuesday for ATA’s annual member party.
Today’s headlines for Thursday, February 29
Where do we go from here? Chicagoland experts and advocates weigh in on what the election means for sustainable transportation
Plus a discussion of how Project 2025, a right-wing blueprint for the second Trump administration, is likely to negatively impact federal transportation policy.
Neighbors applaud plans for bike-ped upgrades at open house for plaza and streetscape upgrades near Western Brown Line stop
"It will make it safer for the kids to walk and bike to school or for recreation," said an attendee. "So, it’s really for them. For the future."
Ride e-scooters, do crime? U. of I. report blames the devices for spikes in illegal activity, but raises “correlation vs. causation” concerns.
"I suspect there are confounding factors that make the link from e-scooters to crime spurious," responded DePaul University transportation expert Joe Schwieterman.
Open Boulevards invites North Lawndale residents to come out and enjoy car-free streets
Chicago, Bike Grid Now! hosted a training on how to win safer streets for walking and biking
"Electeds often don’t want to hear more from 'bike activists' and it is our job to make sure they feel like the advocacy is coming from the community," CBGN! stated.
Uptown, girl! Installation of the Uptown Extension protected bike lanes on Clark from Montrose to Winnemac is slated to start today
Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago offers a “safe space for women, femme, nb, and trans Chicagoans to ride bikes together.”
At 2nd People’s Lobby Transit Town Hall, politicians and riders discussed how to create a world-class system
Attendees talked about how to make buses and trains more reliable, improve conditions for CTA workers, and address the region's looming transit fiscal cliff.
The RTA’s new Transit-Friendly Communities Guide offers encouragement for building equitable TOD in the ‘burbs
City planning for this weekend’s NASCAR race glorified drivers, ignored the needs of others
The Chicago and Illinois transportation departments, and the Chicago Park District, have gone out of their way to minimize the effect the race will have on local drivers, largely ignoring people on foot, bikes, and transit.
Equiticity’s “Creativity in Motion: The North Lawndale People’s Ride” let cyclists experience film and TV history on the West Side
At annual gathering, Better Streets Chicago unveils new Community Blocks campaign, inspired by Barcelona’s Superblocks
Advocates showed up in force to support the grassroots organization, which promotes safe, accessible, and equitable street design for all residents.
Reimagining Chicago’s DuSable Lake Shore Drive is a generational opportunity to reshape the city
Under the rotunda: Hundreds of transportation and environmental advocates went to Springfield for Climate Day at the Capitol
Slow train coming: Metra staff, politicians, and commuters celebrate opening of long-delayed Peterson/Ridge station
It took more than a decade to come to fruition, but the new Union Pacific North line stop is already getting great use.
Tragically, the Chicago Ride of Silence included 3 locations where 2 people were injured or killed on bikes
But while the event raised awareness of the urgent need to make streets safer for all users, it also was an example of what's beautiful about riding bikes.
Local transportation advocate Micheál Podgers is going regional with a move from Better Streets Chicago to Climate Cabinet
Podgers discussed the history of BSC, and the things the grassroots group has accomplished that he's most proud of.
At CTA board meeting, talk of funding doomsday scenario, bus lane enforcement contract, new concessions / newsletter / podcast
Chicago DSA and Chicago Transit Justice Coalition sounded off on the fiscal cliff and job conditions at CTA Worker and Rider Town Hall
Out Our Front Door’s Bike Camping for Everyone! program empowers people with special needs
The Chicagoland bike touring nonprofit has expanded its mission to include camping trips that are accessible to people with disabilities.
The snazzy Damen Green station (re)opened just in time for the DNC, but it will also improve transit equity
The 'L' stop, which originally closed in 1948, provides easy access to the United Center, and it will be surrounded by affordable housing.
Rockin’ the suburbs: Brainstorming ideas to improve bus and train service in the ‘burbs at RTA’s summit
What’s the future of Archer? Safe Streets advocates faced off against car activists backed by pro-charter school lobbying group Urban Center
The CTA reveals the final plans for the path and public space under the new Red and Purple tracks. Will it have safe street crossings?
Dozens rally for Broadway Upzoning, which would make it easier to build housing, including many affordable units, near Red Line
Everything in the new transit bill on Pritzker’s desk
The Chicagoland sustainable transportation scene in nutshell: My presentation to University of Michigan students
At budget hearing, CDOT chief Tom Carney discussed 2024 wins, 2025 projects and challenges
Historian Sherman “Dilla” Thomas: the more Chicago improves its transit, the better life on the South and West sides will be
Thomas made his remarks at the Ventra electronic fare payment system's 10 year anniversary celebration.
