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The station access elements are highlighted in this rendering. CDOT/Perkins & Will

City Should Raise Priority of Using Damen Green Line Station to Prime Good Land Use

By Steven Vance | Aug 15, 2018 | 27 Comments

When I first saw the design for the new Green Line station at Damen Avenue on the Lake Street branch, I became worried that the station didn’t have an entrance providing access to the westbound platform. Several of the other stations on the branch to city’s West Side and Oak Park have entrances on both […]

The best scenario for the drive: Convert two of the existing mixed-traffic lanes to bus-only corridors.

Advocate For Adding Bus Lanes to North Lake Shore Drive Without Widening the Highway

By Steven Vance | Aug 2, 2018 | 44 Comments

The most sustainable option, converting existing traffic lanes to bus-only, is still on the table. But it's not going to happen unless residents voice support for it.

Last week's racial equity impact assessment meeting. Photo provided by Juan Sebastian Arias.

Residents Discuss Potential Equity Impacts of the Logan Traffic Circle Redesign

By Lisa Phillips | Aug 1, 2018 | 9 Comments

Neighbors want to help ensure that the improvements don't accelerate the displacement of longtime residents.

A CREATE grade separation project. Photo: Charles Papanek

CREATE, and How the Lack of a National Infrastructure Vision Hurts Us All

By Charles Papanek | Jul 17, 2018 | 3 Comments

Getting federal funding for the massive regional rail congestion relief project could be a struggle.

CDOT installed speed cameras by Gompers Park, Foster and Pulaski, in 2014. Photo: Steven Vance

CDOT Will Install Speed Cams at 5 Locations Where Residents Requested Them

By John Greenfield | Jul 3, 2018 | 24 Comments

The cams have been proven to reduce crashes, and support from locals gives the city political cover to implement this often-unpopular technology.

The Case of the Missing Bike Racks: CDOT Hasn’t Installed Them Since 2016

By John Greenfield | May 17, 2018 | 5 Comments

The good news is that installation is about to start up again, with 500-1,000 racks a year for the next five years.

Dockless bikes in Washington, D.C. Photo: John Greenfield

Dockless Bike-Share Pilot Will Launch in Chicago on Tuesday, May 1

By John Greenfield | Apr 26, 2018 | 9 Comments

The coverage area will only include neighborhoods south of 79th street, mostly outside of the Divvy zone, and by July 1 all bikes must have built-in locks for securing them to fixed objects.

Oboi Reed speaks at the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting. Photo: John Greenfield

Oboi Reed Delivered a Manifesto Against CPD’s Racially Biased Bike Ticketing at City Hall

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2018 | 6 Comments

A police representative claims that the citations aren't just an excuse for stop-and-frisk.

Your taxpayer dollars at work. The city plans to spend some $100 million to widen Lake Shore Drive near the Obama Center. Image: CDOT

Obama Center Transportation Plan Will Cost $175 Million, Mostly for Road Widening

By John Greenfield | Feb 23, 2018 | 13 Comments

Conservatively, $125 million of that money will be used to add lanes to Lake Shore Drive and Stony Island. Think how far that money could go towards improvoing transit access to the center instead.

Created by PORT Urbanism for Active Transportation Alliance.

Logan Boulevard Study Will Recommend Changes to Its Dangerous Western Intersection

By Steven Vance | Feb 22, 2018 | 16 Comments

Active Trans, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and PORT Urbanism are teaming up to come up with ideas to make this key east-west bike and pedestrian route safer.

Rendering of the Obama campus. Image: Obama Foundation

We Need Better Obama Center Transit Access, Not Wider Roads

By John Greenfield | Feb 1, 2018 | 7 Comments

It's great that the design calls for pedestrianizing Cornell Drive, but the city plans to create more capacity than ever, which will only encourage more driving.

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