U.S. Cities Have More Car-Free Households Than You Think
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Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives, new research suggests.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Francisco Cruz
What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?
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When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 22
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CTA 2022 budget calls for maintaining service levels, no fare hikes, cutting pass costs (Tribune) Encuentro Square, 100-unit affordable housing project near Bloomingdale Trail, coming in 2022 (Block Club) Police release description of car whose driver critically injured pedestrian in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times) Cop faces firing for allegedly detaining CTA employee who accused fellow officer […]
4 months after racially-charged Council battle, signs for DuSable LSD unveiled
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Another fight regarding the coastal highway is on the horizon, as the city and state prepare to reconstruct North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
CMAP survey: Residents place a high value on ability to get places, access to amenities.
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The survey gauged close to 2,500 northeastern Illinois residents’ attitudes toward key quality of life factors, such as transportation, open space, and housing, and what they considered successes and challenges across the region.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 21
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City will hold ceremony for renaming DuSable LSD today at 2:30 PM at Buckingham Fountain (NBC) Sun-Times: New One Central renderings released, $6.5B subsidy for transit hub is still a bad idea Equiticity’s Oboi Reed and Kate Lowe call for racial equity in the upcoming scooter program (Sun-Times) Austin Weekly News looks at Equiticity’s “Biking […]
Metra 2022 budget calls for new day pass, more wheelchair-accessible Chicago stations
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Metra is cautiously optimistic that ridership will rebound in 2022 as it prepares to approve its budget for next year.
New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Encourage
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A groundbreaking new calculator gives advocates the tools they need to instantly show the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
The case for municipal sidewalk snow clearance in Chicago
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Better Streets organizer and local planner, Michael Podgers, makes the case for municipal sidewalk clearance in Chicago.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 20
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Park will replace vacant lot at Kimball and The 606, city is doing cleanup of contamination (Block Club) Man died after falling on tracks at Roosevelt; Green, Orange service were partially halted (CBS) Several vehicles, including a police truck, demolished in Englewood crash, no word on injuries (CBS) Boy, 5, found wandering around the Belmont […]