Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about CDOT

Left Turn Traffic Calming at Wilson and Ashland avenues. Image: John Greenfield

Eyes on the Street: CDOT “hardens” left turns on Ashland with speed bumps and bollards

By John Greenfield | Sep 16, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully the new infrastructure will result in higher rates of motorists yielding to pedestrians, as CDOT says was the case on State, and fewer crashes.

The ghost bike installation ceremony for Gerardo Marciales, 41, last April at Balbo/DLSD. Photo: John Greenfield

State rep and mayoral hopeful Kam Buckner calls on IDOT to make DuSable LSD safer

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully as more people demand a different approach, IDOT will finally begin to prioritize safety and convenience for all road users, not just drivers.

Diary of a mad man: Lawyer Edward C. Fitzpatrick’s war on the Dickens Greenway

By John Greenfield | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

The lawyer says the bikeway would create a deathtrap for pedestrians, and has a theory that city officials, advocates, and Streetsblog have been conspiring behind the scenes to make it happen.

A Divvy station in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. While the blue non-electric bikes don't carry per-minute use charges, in many outlying neighborhoods only the electric bikes are available. Photo: John Greenfield

La Spata’s resolution turns up heat on CDOT, Divvy to address pricing equity issues

By John Greenfield | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

Divvy is a fantastic sustainable transportation system, but it's not only crucial that it stays solvent, it also needs to be accessible to Chicagoans in all parts of the city, from all walks of life.

Usando bicicletas no eléctricas en el Loop. Los paseos en bicicletas azules siguen siendo gratuitos para los miembros, pero todos los viajes en bicicleta eléctrica ahora tienen un cargo por minuto y, eventualmente, serán el único tipo de bicicleta disponible. Foto: John Greenfield

El nuevo precio de Divvy no es asequible para muchos residentes y, por eso no es equitativo

By Ruth Rosas | Jul 22, 2022 | No Comments

De manera perversa, el plan de alcance comunitario de CDOT y Lyft sobre el nuevo sistema de precios fue planeado después de que a los miembros ya se les estaban cobrando las nuevas tarifas de bicicletas eléctricas.

A slide stressing the importance of diverse community engagement, at a meeting that was impossible for working-class people to attend. Image: CDOT

Equity-focused Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting takes place at inequitable time of day

By John Greenfield | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments

The transportation department could take one very simple action to help more broaden the demographics of who has a say in Chicago mobility projects, but for some reason it has resisted doing so.

A moving truck parked in one of the flexi-post bike lanes on Clark Street in Edgewater. Concrete protection can help prevent illegal parking in bikeways. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT plan to upgrade all “protected” lanes w/ concrete is good. Here’s how to improve it.

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

CDOT should make sure the concrete protection is easy to see and the lanes are well maintained, and the department should be filling in non-protected gaps in the network.

Riding non-electric bikes in the Loop. While blue bike rides are still free for members, all e-bike trips now carry a per-minute charge, and eventually they will be the only type of bike available. Photo: John Greenfield

Divvy’s new pricing is unaffordable to many residents, and therefore inequitable

By Ruth Rosas and John Greenfield | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

Perversely, CDOT's and Lyft's community outreach plan was to explain to the public how the new pricing system works after members were already being charged the new e-bike fees.

Chicago’s 5,000-bike giveaway and free Learn to Ride classes kick off this summer

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation provided some more information about its previously announced 5,000-bike giveaway. CDOT also released its schedule of summer Learn to Ride classes.

View from inside a bus using the center-running lanes on Columbus Avenue in Boston. Photo: John Greenfield

Is this the beginning of prioritizing buses on Chicago’s streets?

By Courtney Cobbs | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

Better Streets for Buses meetings have started, and ELPC calls for five bus rapid transit routes in five years.

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.

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