Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bridgeport

Archer Avenue Motorists Upset They Can’t Drive as Fast as They Want

By Steven Vance | Sep 12, 2014 | 99 Comments

Some motorists are complaining about a new speed camera along the busy 3200 block of Archer Avenue in McKinley Park. The accusations of a “speed trap” focus on the camera’s location, which is not immediately adjacent to the small park that, under Chicago’s “safety zones” rules, justifies the camera’s placement. But the camera is located […]

Cyclist Killed in Collision With Driver Is Bridgeport’s 2nd Bike Fatality in 2014

By John Greenfield | Sep 5, 2014 | 2 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site from the cyclist’s point of view. A 20-year-old bicycle rider who died after a collision with a Jeep driver was the second person killed in a bike crash in the Bridgeport neighborhood this year. On May 29, Suai Xie, 59, was cycling on the 2900 block of South Poplar […]

What’s the Fastest Way Around Chicago? That Depends, Says New Map

By Steven Vance | Jun 27, 2014 | 26 Comments

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab published an interactive map this week that shows a new way to measure access across Chicago via different transportation modes. Instead of assessing how far one can travel by a certain mode, like a previous online map has shown, or showing the cost of travel, this map looks solely […]

Cyclist Killed in Bridgeport Hit-and-Run, Driver Charged With Felony

By John Greenfield | Jun 2, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map The crash site from the driver’s perspective. A Bridgeport man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly killed a female bicyclist with his van, then fled the scene. The case appears to be the first Chicago bike fatality of 2014. Last Thursday at about 5:35 p.m., Suai Xie, 59, was […]

Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Pedestrians in Englewood and Bridgeport on Friday

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2013 | 19 Comments

Last week two different people lost their lives to hit-and-run drivers, in two different South Side neighborhoods, on the same day. Both of the drivers are still at large. On Friday at about 3:40 a.m., a southbound motorist fatally struck Timothy Jones, 41, of the 200 block of South Sacramento, in the 6000 block of […]