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Friday’s CMAP meeting could lock in a lakefront walled off by an 8-lane highway. Here’s how to comment.
By Ellen Steinke
February 26, 2026
The future of DLSD is unwritten. But Active Trans’ Bike the Drive once again showcased the virtues of making our shoreline people-friendly
Streetsblog also talked to Envision Unlimited about its adaptive cycling program, which empowered people with special needs to enjoy riding on a car-free DLSD.
September 2, 2025
Pickup driver who killed male pedestrian, 72, at Roosevelt/DLSD cited for failure to exercise due care
On Monday, April 7, at around 5:09 a.m. a pickup driver, 26, fatally struck a 72-year-old male pedestrian at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and DuSable Lake Shore Drive, just west of the Museum Campus. It was reported that the victim had been trying to cross the highway on foot, although it's illegal to do so there.
April 17, 2025
New wayfinding signs installed after driver killed man at DLSD/Roosevelt. And bill for DLSD study passed State Senate last month.
See the update about the new signs at the bottom of this post, originally published on April 16, 2025.
April 16, 2025
Reimagining Chicago’s DuSable Lake Shore Drive is a generational opportunity to reshape the city
McCoy Cantwell was born and raised in Chicago and now live in Los Angeles, where he's pursing a master's degree urban and regional planning at Cal Poly Pomona. He wrote this piece as a class assignment to discuss a current planning issue.
McCoy Cantwell
January 30, 2025
There *shouldn’t* be a road just like it: Better Streets’ Lakefront Community Visioning Meeting calls for a shoreline without an 8-lane DLSD
Attendees want to see the waterside highway transformed into a people-friendly boulevard with a dedicated transit corridor.
September 13, 2024
Another fantastic Bike the Drive highlights the benefits of making DLSD less car-centric
Mayor Johnson rode again this year, and said he's committed to improving walking and biking. Does that mean he'll stand up to IDOT's status-quo highway rebuild proposal?
September 3, 2024
IDOT discusses why they’re recommending an NDLSD rebuild without dedicated transit lanes
While IDOT implied that having 25 percent less road capacity for cars on the lakefront is a defect of the proposal for dedicated transit lanes, it's actually a feature.
August 13, 2024
Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
August 9, 2024
Furious about IDOT’s car-centric North DLSD plan? Take action at Thursday’s open house and Save Our Streets Rally
Let decision-makers know it would be a huge mistake to rebuild the eight-lane shoreline highway without transit lanes during a global warming crisis.
August 6, 2024
