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Going postal: Lakefront Trail users rejoice over Chicago Park District installing bollards at Belmont
People who walk and bike are thrilled by the new initiative to keep drivers off the shoreline path. So how about making this a citywide strategy to protect pedestrians and cyclists from drivers?
June 21, 2024
Thoughts About Bollards vs. Green Paint, and Chicago’s 100-Mile PBL Goal
[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, my column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.]
January 2, 2015
Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Missing Bike Lane Bollards
Uptown’s Broadway protected bike lanes, installed earlier this year, are a great example of the power of a road diet with PBLs. By converting a former four-lane speedway to two travel lanes, a turn lane, and protected lanes, the city transformed a hectic, dangerous stretch of Broadway into one that’s calmer and safer for pedestrians and drivers, as well as cyclists.
November 25, 2014