Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about 47th Ward

A street marking on Leland west of Western shows where a traffic barrel will be installed tomorrow. Photo: John Greenfield

Leland Slow Street will be expanded west to the Chicago River tomorrow.

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

CDOT is also adding more signs to the existing Slow Streets on Leland and near the Bloomingdale Trail to make sure drivers know that the streets aren't to be used as cut-throughs.

47th Ward residents and Alderman Matt Martin, far right, listen to a presentation about a local community garden on a ward bike tour in August. Photo: John Greenfield

Topics at 47th Ward meeting: Using transit to encourage density, Bike to School Day

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 12, 2020 | No Comments

Transit consultant Ed Zotti, talked about his idea for waterfront transit lines at the 47th Ward Transit Committee meeting.

A Post-It note placed on the Leland corridor map on display at the meeting.

The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial

By John Greenfield | Sep 25, 2019 | 10 Comments

Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.

A cyclist rides on Leland Avenue near Artesian Street in Lincoln Square. Photo: John Greenfield

47th Ward: Community outreach will help prevent backlash to Leland Greenway extension

By John Greenfield | Sep 4, 2019 | 16 Comments

While the Dickens Greenway proposal in Lincoln Park has been highly controversial, meeting with Lincoln Square neighborhood groups early in the planning process is promoting buy-in.

Leland Avenue east of the Chicago River. Image: Google Street View

Petition Launched for a Neighborhood Greenway on Leland Avenue in Lincoln Square

By John Greenfield | Jul 26, 2018 | 3 Comments

The route would run from the Chicago River to Western Avenue.

Leland already works as a quiet eastbound route across the 47th Ward. Adding a contraflow lane on one-way stretches between the river and Western, and between Damen and Clark, would make it more useful. Image: Google Streetview

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Leland Greenway Won’t Be Extended West of Clark Before Pawar Leaves Office

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2017 | 3 Comments

While the traffic-calmed side-street bikeway is already underway in the 46th Ward, there are currently no plans to extend it west.

Pawar, and an Army of Seniors, Lobby the CTA to Restore Lincoln Bus Service

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2014 | 34 Comments

Last night, local community leaders and dozens of senior citizens showed up for the CTA’s 2015 budget hearing, imploring the agency to restore the full #11 Lincoln Avenue bus route. The Lincoln bus previously ran between Skokie and the Blue Line’s Clinton station in the West Loop. As part of the CTA’s 2012 decrowding plan, […]

An Update on the Lawrence Streetscape and the Ravenswood Metra Stop

By John Greenfield | Oct 13, 2014 | 138 Comments

The long-awaited Lawrence streetscape and road diet is is almost complete, and the project has already transformed a corridor that had been unpleasant for pedestrians and cyclists into a much more livable street. Meanwhile, construction is also wrapping up on a new, supersized Metra station house on Lawrence. First announced in 2010 and launched in […]

State Shouldn’t Pay for Employee Parking at an Office 2 Minutes From the ‘L’

By John Greenfield | Aug 1, 2014 | 23 Comments

Yesterday DNAinfo reported that a block club is pushing to expand permit parking in Uptown and Andersonville, in response to complaints that workers at a nearby office building are taking up too many parking spaces on side streets. The Illinois Department of Human Services recently took over three floors of a ten-story building at 5050 […]

Eyes on the Street: “Stop For Pedestrians” Signs Take a Beating

By Steven Vance | Aug 9, 2013 | 32 Comments

Chicagoans by now have noticed dozens, if not hundreds, of signs in the middle of two-lane streets telling people driving and bicycling about the state law requiring them to stop for people in crosswalks. The statewide law went into effect in 2010, and Chicago passed an identical law in 2011. Transportation departments, residents, and the […]

46th Ward Residents Can Vote for a Bike Boulevard on Leland

By John Greenfield | Apr 4, 2013 | 22 Comments

View Larger Map Looking east on the 1400 block of West Leland, just east of Clark. When Chicago Department of Transportation and the 47th Ward announced their proposal to create a “neighborhood greenway” on Berteau between Lincoln and Clark, I wondered out loud whether Leland, five blocks north, might be a better choice. Also called […]