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Buckner moves to block $6.5B in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

So far Wisconsin-based Landmark Development has failed to make a case that the project would have enough public benefits to justify the massive subsidy.

The Damen advisory bike lanes last November and last week. Photos: John Greenfield and Courtney Cobbs

The case of the disappearing Damen bikeways

By Courtney Cobbs | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

Contractors should be required to install bikeway markings when the weather is conducive, so as to avoid wasting time and materials on restriping them later.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 5

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

Lightfoot sets goal to “fully open” Chicago by July 4 (Sun-Times) Chicago’s new summer concert series is only open to fully vaccinated people (Block Club) Video shows SUV driver, 77, slam into West Town bar, narrowly missing pedestrian (ABC) King, residents argue over plan to reverse one-way street in Oakland as a traffic-calming measure (Block […]

Details on how to earn ride credit and schwag through Divvy’s Bike Angels program

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

Divvy bike-share recently launched a new program called Bike Angels where users can ride bikes from crowded stations to ones that are empty or running out of bikes in order to rack up rewards.

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An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck

By Kea Wilson | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

There's a movement to get city leaders to shrink their engines to a scale that makes sense for the jobs they most frequently do, rather than widening all their roads to fit monster (fire)trucks.

One of the CTA’s new 7000-Series railcars. Photo: Chicago Transit Authority

7000-series railcars are an upgrade, but next time, the CTA needs to aim higher

By David Cole | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

Hollywood studios know when a franchise has become stale and in desperate need of a reboot, and the CTA should do likewise for whatever generation comes after the 7000-series.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 4

By John Greenfield | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

Auto show is coming back in July as Chicago’s 1st big convention (Block Club) ISP: Byron McClain, 47, dead after suffering “medical emergency,” crashing on Eisenhower (Sun-Times) Woman driving car with 5 children is injured after crashing into Lawndale building (ABC) No hate crime charges for driver who attacked group after reportedly yelling anti-Asian comments […]

We Will Chicago is Chicago’s first citywide planning initiative in 50 years

By Courtney Cobbs | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

The Chicago Department of Planning and Development hosted a kickoff discussion about We Will Chicago, a new three-year citywide planning initiative.

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What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.

Open Streets on State in 2011. Photo: Chicago Loop Alliance

Car-free Sundays on State events will run through the summer, starting July 11

By Sharon Hoyer | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

Chicago has a rare opportunity to reimagine Loop streets as a vital space for community gathering, rather than just corridors to move motor vehicles through.