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Better Streets Chicago celebrates another big year of advocacy, and provides a sneak peek at next year’s efforts
Last Thursday, the grassroots sustainable advocacy organization Better Streets Chicago held its third annual gathering to celebrate recent accomplishments, and raise funds for future campaigns. The nonprofit was launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by Kyle Lucas, Brittney Lane, Jim Hodapp, and former Streetsblog Co-Editor Courtney Cobbs. Recent efforts included a rally to protest plans to rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as an eight-lane highway with no bus lanes, lobbying the City to lower the speed limit to 25 mph, and pushing for funding of the #PlowTheSidewalks pilot.
November 25, 2024
There *shouldn’t* be a road just like it: Better Streets’ Lakefront Community Visioning Meeting calls for a shoreline without an 8-lane DLSD
Attendees want to see the waterside highway transformed into a people-friendly boulevard with a dedicated transit corridor.
September 13, 2024
So fresh, so clean? Advocates praise CTA’s 2024 Refresh & Renew program, say everyday conditions still need sprucing up
ATA, CTAction, and Better Streets say doing occasional station makeovers is good, by why can't Chicago have a world-class transit system that's sanitary and clean 24/7/365?
September 9, 2024
IDOT discusses why they’re recommending an NDLSD rebuild without dedicated transit lanes
While IDOT implied that having 25 percent less road capacity for cars on the lakefront is a defect of the proposal for dedicated transit lanes, it's actually a feature.
August 13, 2024
Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
August 9, 2024
Furious about IDOT’s car-centric North DLSD plan? Take action at Thursday’s open house and Save Our Streets Rally
Let decision-makers know it would be a huge mistake to rebuild the eight-lane shoreline highway without transit lanes during a global warming crisis.
August 6, 2024
Get on the bus! Advocates and organizations urge Mayor Johnson to take action to save the Greyhound Terminal
According to the letter, rehabbing the station would cost less that $40M, a small fraction of the price tag of many other local transportation projects.
July 23, 2024
Transit advocates voiced support for 9 Ashland bus extension, transportation committee approved it
A full City Council vote is needed to finalize the project, and the next Council meeting is next Wednesday, July 17.
July 11, 2024
Tribune’s ridiculous editorial against creating a less car-centric DLSD: “Won’t someone please think of the drivers?”
While the Tribune called for coddling motorists by maintaining the status quo of an eight-lane highway, today's challenges call for a more walk/bike/transit-friendly lakefront.
June 18, 2024
Chicago, Bike Grid Now! and 14 alders join forces to demand a more people-friendly North DLSD
They sent a letter to IDOT and CDOT calling on them to put the brakes on plans to simply rebuild the eight-lane highway next to our gorgeous lakefront.
June 12, 2024
