Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Cook County

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 14

By John Greenfield | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

Officials announce start of foundation work on Obama Presidential Center, including new bike-ped routes (NBC) SBC writer David Zegeye discusses push to preserve affordable housing near Obama Center (Block Club) Man, 21, accused of pulling cop into vehicle during investigation, driving off and then crashing (Tribune) Journalist with vision impairment discusses DOJ involvement in Accessible […]

Bike bridge at Carmen and Spaulding over the North Branch of the Chicago River, possibly a good model for mass producing simple, cheap spans elsewhere. Photo: John Greenfield

How could we use new bike-ped bridges to improve safety and connectivity?

By John Greenfield | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

Here are some proposals for improving crossings of waterways in various parts of Chicago.

The intersection of Diversey and Albany, looking north, as it appeared in May 2019. The crosswalks have reportedly faded since then. Image: Google Maps

Logan dragging case highlights how IDOT control of Chicago streets makes us less safe

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

This horrifying incident has laid bare how the Illinois Department of Transportation having final say on changes to many Chicago streets makes our city more dangerous.

An all-affordable transit-oriented development is currently being completed next to the Logan Square Blue Line station. Photo: Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

The new Chicago Blueprint for Fair Housing aims to reduce residential segregation

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

The city calls the document a plan to address the city’s housing segregation, disparities in access to opportunity, and history of inequitable investment.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 13

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

City deploys barricades, trucks in preparation for potential unrest over police shootings (Block Club) Block-by-block analysis of where North Michigan stands after impact of pandemic, unrest (Tribune) CDOT seeking station location input for West and Southwest side Divvy expansion (Block Club) Bus driver fatally struck Agata Gorz, 42, in Palos Heights (Sun-Times) After driver strikes […]

You can ask lawmakers to eliminate 20% local match requirement for walk/bike infra

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

File a witness slip online by Tuesday afternoon to make your voice heard.

Trib’s Steve Chapman: Transit use is down right now, so we should never invest in it again

By John Greenfield | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

In the bizarro world of the the right-leaning Chicago Tribune, the lessons of the pandemic are that we should instead be putting more focus on car-based transportation.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 12

By John Greenfield | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Anti-transit lobbying group decries One Central transit hub plan as a wasteful boondoggle (Tribune) Metra adding more trains as people start returning to office, but roll toward normalcy is slow (CBS) Woman killed after wrong-way pickup driver crashes into her vehicle near Oak Park (Tribune) 7 injured, including 2 children, in multicar crash in Englewood […]

The moment before the police first shot Ariel Roman before trying to detain him for crossing between cars. Image: Michael McDunnah

Firing of cops who shot Ariel Roman on CTA would be a step in the right direction

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Ariel Roman case starkly shows that police enforcement of minor rule-breaking is the wrong approach.

An accessible pedestrian signal at Roscoe and Inner Lake Shore Drive. Photo: John Greenfield

DOJ lights a fire under Chicago officials to speed up accessible pedestrian signal installation

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

On Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in a private disability discrimination suit against the city.