Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about CDOT

The driver of a monster pickup truck stops for a family using one of the new pedestrian islands in Columbus Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage

By John Greenfield | May 9, 2022 | No Comments

In reality plenty of people are benefitting from the project. And emails show CDOT agreed with us that Block Club's coverage, which asserted that the road diet is "causing traffic jams" despite the data, was absurd.

A person riding one of Divvy's new e-bikes on the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

Lyft provided details on the new Divvy pricing structure, and it’s better than we thought

By John Greenfield | Apr 11, 2022 | No Comments

The new information about the pricing structure and corrals offers reassurance that the Divvy system will continue to generally be affordable and fair.

Justice is blind: Lawsuit to force Chicago to retrofit all stoplights with audible signals advances

By John Greenfield | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

Chicago’s dearth of accessible signals is “a huge pain in the ass,” says legally blind artist and musician Andy Slater.

The concrete curb-protected bike lanes on Campbell Avenue in North Center are a relatively rare example of a Chicago bike route with sturdy protection from drivers. Photo: Rebecca Resman

New York City’s plan to bolster bike lanes with concrete could leave Chicago in the dust

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 16, 2022 | No Comments

New York City has promised to add concrete barriers to their bike lanes that are currently delineated with paint and plastic posts. Chicago should follow.

Unlocking the new gray Divvy e-bikes with a key fob by placing the fob under the LCD screen. Photo: Divvy

We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off

By John Greenfield | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

It turns out that Divvy members can unlock electric bike-share cycles with their plastic key fobs, even if they're not parked at traditional docking stations.

Curb-protected lanes could be installed on Halsted between 78th and 80th.

Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes

By Mia Park | Feb 25, 2022 | No Comments

The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.

A traffic circle at Granville and Paulina. There's another one at Hermitage. Photo: Courtney Cobbs

Residents elect Granville bike lanes, city caves to pressure from drivers and shelves them

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

If CDOT had more imagination, they would install traffic diverters on Granville to discourage driving and make biking safer and more comfortable.

A cluster of old industrial buildings at the northeast corner of Ashland/Elston, including the Horween Leather Company on the left (built 1886), and a storage building that dates to 1899. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

CDOT plans overhaul of complex Armitage/CortlandAshland/Elston junction

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

Streetsblog Chicago will continue reporting on this project to help ensure that it results in a net improvement for sustainable transportation.

A community meeting on El Paseo bike and pedestrian trail plan in Little Village in 2016. Photo: John Greenfield

Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.

Perfectly plowed streets and a snow-clogged bus stop last February. Photo: John Greenfield

What Chicago winter weather operations would be like if we ran the city

By John Greenfield | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

Winter storm advisories and snow route parking bans are all very well, but how about municipal sidewalk snow clearance, and more prompt and effective plowing of protected bike lanes?

The Pedway, the Loop’s handy walkway system, is about to become easier to navigate

By John Greenfield | Nov 24, 2021 | No Comments

The city of Chicago recently announced it's upgrading the signs within the network, the first step in a more ambitious plan to upgrade wayfinding.

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