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Equiticity's Oboi Reed speaks before the ride. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

The Austin Peace Ride puts “eyes and feet on the street” to promote safety and positivity

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

"When more people are walking and biking and shopping in our neighborhood, our streets are more vibrant... And that's how we suffocate violence."

Adding more diverse voices would strengthen the Illinois Bike Summit

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

It would be great to see more people of color, as well as cyclists with disabilities, share their experiences of biking and what they’d like to see done to make our streets safer for them.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 22

By John Greenfield | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

ATA applauds city’s plan for pop-up bus lanes on 79th Street & Chicago Avenue Scott Presslak: Metra must move beyond serving only white-collar suburban workers (ATA) As collisions between trains and drivers decline, pedestrian crashes holding steady (CBS) Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson proposed free CTA as part of a reparations ordinance (Sun-Times) Hinsdale, Western Springs […]

Lightfoot talks with ride organizer Maurice "Pha'Tal" Perkins, left. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Hundreds, including Mayor Lightfoot, showed up for the Roll N Peace unity ride

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

The rides promote public safety, wellness, and community spirit in a neighborhood that residents say has positive qualities that many Chicagoans overlook.

Sign of the times: A masked rider on one of the new e-Divvies. Photo: John Greenfield

Divvy sets a new ridership record with more than 600K trips in August

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Anecdotally, it's appeared that Chicago had been part of the national pandemic biking boom, but now we've got some data to back up that hunch.

A short existing segment of bus lane on 79th Street by the Red Line station. Photo: James Porter

Finally! The Lightfoot administration is rolling out pop-out pandemic bus lanes

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Streetsblog was pushing for pop-up bus lanes months ago when traffic was much lighter and there would have been less potential political backlash to repurposing mixed-traffic lanes but, hey, better late than never.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 21

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

The Crusader wonders why the Red Line Extension wasn’t mentioned in eTOD report press release Tribune applauds Metra’s pandemic safety efforts and ridership restoration push Driver, 46, who was fatally shot in Lawndale crashed while fleeing, injuring person at bus stop (CBS) Driver, 21, killed in Wauconda after crossing lanes, head-on crash with delivery truck […]

Courtney's odometer at the end of her trip. Photo: Courtney Cobbs

An electric boost made a long-distance bike trip to the ‘burbs a breeze

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Since Metra policy made it impossible to bring a longtail electric cargo bike on the trail, having an electrical assist was helpful for shrinking the commute.

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Human Driver of ‘Driverless’ Car Charged in 2018 Ped Death

By Kea Wilson | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

In Arizona prosecutor has brought charges of negligent homicide against the first human driver to fail to prevent an imperfect “self-driving” vehicle from killing a pedestrian.