All the ways we can make 2020 a springboard for sustainable transportation in Chicago
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Here are a bunch of ways you can make a difference in the sustainable transportation landscape in Chicago,
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about CDOT
The Stone Free Bridge, the span that Ald. Berny Stone blocked, is finally built
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Did alderman Berny Stone block the construction of the span due to concerns about safety or NIMBYism? Either way, the story is a cautionary tale about aldermanic prerogative.
311 is a joke? No, but some bike lane blockage reports are going unaddressed
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According to Bike Lane Uprising, a site that documents bikeway obstructions, 311 requests about bike lanes are getting closed before they actually get resolved.
Advocates laud Lightfoot’s pick of Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi as transportation chief
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Biagi comes to CDOT from Jeanne Gang's renowned design firm Studio Gang.
Disability rights group is suing Chicago over lack of accessible pedestrian signals
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In July Lori Lightfoot promised to install 100 accessible pedestrian signals within the next two years, but the lawsuit says that's not fast enough.
Weigh in on the scooter pilot with new city survey, and at tomorrow’s Active Trans meetup
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Almost 675,000 rides were taken in three months, with 25 citations written to nine of the companies for failure to comply with the pilot rules.
Riverdale leader Deloris Lucas: We’re disappointed about Divvy, hopeful about bikeways
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Lucas says it's somewhat understandable that CDOT is not immediately bringing Divvy to the area, since it currently lacks safe places to ride, but that could improve soon.
CDOT plans new bikeways on Far South Side, provides update on recent bike projects
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Other new bike lanes and upgrades were recently completed or are planned on the Southeast Side, in the Illinois Medical District, in East Garfield Park, and in Andersonville.
Citizens, including noted author Greg Borzo, urge the city to keep the riverwalk open to bikes
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Borzo proposed said he supports limiting the riverwalk bike ban to peak hours. “This is how bikes are handled on the ‘L’ — and it works perfectly well."
Emails Show CDOT Pushed Back on Reilly’s Riverwalk Bike Ban as “Too Extreme”
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The transportation department rightly argued that the ban would violate the spirit of Chicago's promise to the feds that the riverwalk would be available for bike commuting.
Mayor Lightfoot, Here’s My Wish List for the Next CDOT Commish
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Streetsblog writer Courtney Cobbs wants a CDOT chief who will bring about "positive equitable and transformative change" and has a list of concrete suggestions on how to make this happen.