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The lows and highs of Chicagoland’s 2021 transportation news
It's likely 2022 will bring even more advocacy and direction action around sustainable transportation, and necessary and robust responses from city and state transportation officials.
January 7, 2022
Here are the proposed walk/bike upgrades to Chicago Avenue in Evanston
The second public meeting for potential multi-modal changes on Chicago Avenue in Evanston included renderings of proposed changes.
November 12, 2021
Evanston is planning walk/bike improvements on Chicago Avenue and Church Street
The changes could make it easier to get across Chicago's neighbor to the north without a car.
October 28, 2021
In Praise of the Concrete-Protected Bike Lanes in Evanston, Illinois
It would be great to see more bike lanes with continuous concrete protection in the city of Chicago.
August 1, 2019
Via Chicago: The Lower-Impact Form of Ride-Hailing Expands Its Local Coverage
Ride-hailing has a lot of downsides for cities, but if you're going to use it, Via offers a compromise between a carpooling service and a bus that reduces vehicle miles traveled.
May 1, 2019
A Tale of Two Communities: Views on Transportation in Humboldt Park and Evanston
A new study of attitudes towards biking, walking, and transit in these communities underscores the importance of considering local contexts when making transportation policy.
December 13, 2018
Evanston’s Fountain Square Rehab and Road Diet Is Creating a Great Public Space
The suburb converted a road median and excess travel lanes to an attractive new plaza, and more improvements are in the works.
May 29, 2018
Evanston Aldermen Vote to Keep the Dodge Ave. Protected Lanes
Despite crash numbers that prove that the bikeways are doing their job to reduce crashes and injuries, they may be downgraded to non-protected lanes to make car parking more convenient.
April 23, 2018
New DePaul Report Takes a Deep Dive Into Divvy Data
The study focuses on use patterns in outlying neighborhoods, Oak Park and Evanston.
December 20, 2017
Ofo Hopes to Launch a Dockless Bike-Share System at Northwestern This Fall
The company also delivered 14 bikes to Riverdale for to kickstart a "bike library."
November 13, 2017
