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Diary of a mad man: Lawyer Edward C. Fitzpatrick’s war on the Dickens Greenway
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.
August 18, 2022
La Spata’s resolution turns up heat on CDOT, Divvy to address pricing equity issues
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.
August 4, 2022
El nuevo precio de Divvy no es asequible para muchos residentes y, por eso no es equitativo
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.
July 22, 2022
Equity-focused Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting takes place at inequitable time of day
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.
June 30, 2022
CDOT plan to upgrade all “protected” lanes w/ concrete is good. Here’s how to improve it.
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.
June 29, 2022
Divvy’s new pricing is unaffordable to many residents, and therefore inequitable
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.
June 14, 2022
Chicago’s 5,000-bike giveaway and free Learn to Ride classes kick off this summer
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.
June 6, 2022
Is this the beginning of prioritizing buses on Chicago’s streets?
Better Streets for Buses meetings have started, and ELPC calls for five bus rapid transit routes in five years.
May 19, 2022
Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage
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.
May 9, 2022
Lyft provided details on the new Divvy pricing structure, and it’s better than we thought
The new information about the pricing structure and corrals offers reassurance that the Divvy system will continue to generally be affordable and fair.
April 11, 2022
