Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bikes-on-Trains

Boarding platform for women-only train cars in Mexico City. Photo: Olivia Grenzenbach

Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.

Christmas Eve on State Street. Loop pedestrian counts increased during the holidays. Photo: John Greenfield

Loop Alliance report shows increased foot traffic and decreased driving in December

By Sharon Hoyer | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Predictably, overall Loop activity was inversely proportionate to the COVID positivity rate.

A new on-street bike corral by the Recyclery in Rogers Park. Photo: CDOT

CDOT responds to COVID transportation challenges with a flurry of bike rack installations

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

The department rose to the occasion, installing 899 "inverted U" racks and 20 on-street bike parking corrals.

Precious real estate on the west side of the Wellington station is being wasted on this new 408-space garage. Photo: John Greenfield

Valuable land next to the Wellington ‘L’ stop is being squandered on an anti-TOD

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Altogether there will be a net gain of 166 parking spots, encouraging more people to drive to the hospital campus instead of taking the train.

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 14

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Will Chicago be able to get rid of our giant Trump sign? (Tribune) Yonah Freemark: Metra’s new cars are welcome, but it’s stupid that they’re still “built like bricks” Police: 1 dead, 3 injured after speeding driver hits another vehicle in South Deering (Sun-Times) Teresa Dan, 56, fights to recover from River Grove hit-and-run, police […]

New TOD planned for Zia’s Lago Via site in Lakeview

By Imelda March | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

This site is a half-mile walk from the Irving Park Brown Line station, and is also on the relatively high-frequency Ashland Avenue bus corridor.

The new coaches will have level boarding. Rendering by Alstom.

Metra board chooses new modern passenger rail cars to replace 1950s “Gallery” cars

By Steven Vance | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

Metra has selected a new passenger coach design that will eventually replace the current "Gallery" cars.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 13

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

CPS cuts off pay and access to learning platform for teachers who won’t teach in person (Block Club) Ald. Villegas is introducing an ordinance to strip the “Trump” sign from Tower (Block Club) Driver strikes woman in Hammond, causing head injury (NWI Times) Motorist charged with “intentionally” driving into barricade near Trump Tower (ABC) Chicago’s […]

It's major wasted opportunity that relatively few people live in the one part of Chicago where it's easy to get to just about anywhere else in the region by train. Image: Google Maps

Want to save downtown Chicago? Make it easier for more people to live in the Loop

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

Let's start thinking outside the box in terms of what the function of downtown should be.