Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Gabe Klein

How Quinn Staffer Sean O’Shea Blocked Chicago’s Protected Bike Lane Efforts

By John Greenfield | Dec 2, 2015 | 2 Comments

[The Chicago Reader recently launched a new weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership will allow Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We’ll be syndicating a portion of the column on the day it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website […]

The Inside Story of How Chicago Built the Dearborn Street Bike Lane

By Gabe Klein | Oct 26, 2015 | 3 Comments

Editor’s note: As transportation commissioner for DC and later Chicago, Gabe Klein was pivotal in the development of a new model for big-city DOTs. Along with Janette Sadik-Khan in New York, Klein (who sits on the board of OpenPlans, the organization that publishes Streetsblog) pioneered an approach that prioritized people instead of cars and emphasized the importance of […]

The Rebel Commissioner: “Start-Up City” Goes Behind the Scenes at CDOT

By John Greenfield | Oct 20, 2015 | No Comments

[This piece also runs in Checkerboard City, John’s transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] Ex-Chicago Department of Transportation chief Gabe Klein says that when he returned to Chicago earlier this month for his first real visit since he resigned almost two years ago, it was a highly emotional experience. […]

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Gabe Klein Talks About Getting Sh*t Done in His New Book, “Start-Up City”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 13, 2015 | No Comments

Streets can be tough to change. Between institutional inertia, tight budgets, bureaucratic red tape, and the political risks of upsetting the status quo, even relatively simple improvements for walking, biking, or transit can take years to pull off — if they ever get implemented at all. But a new generation of transportation officials have shown that it doesn’t have […]

Ex-CDOT Deputy Commissioner Scott Kubly Named Head of Seattle DOT

By John Greenfield | Jul 2, 2014 | 4 Comments

Chicago’s loss is Seattle’s gain. This afternoon, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray named former Chicago Department of Transportation deputy commissioner Scott Kubly the new director of the Seattle DOT. The appointment will require City Council confirmation. Kubly served as a lieutenant to forward-thinking ex-CDOT chief Gabe Klein, and also worked under Klein when Klein was head […]

No Central Loop BRT in 2014 as CDOT Delays Launch Indefinitely

By Steven Vance | Jun 24, 2014 | 31 Comments

Construction delays have pushed back the Central Loop BRT project, from a projected 2014 start until next year or even later. The causes of the setback remain troublingly vague, and there is no clear timetable for the improvements proposed for four downtown streets, which are supposed to speed up six Chicago Transit Authority bus routes with a combined […]

Catching Up With Former CDOT Chief Gabe Klein

By John Greenfield | Jun 3, 2014 | 27 Comments

Since former Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner Gabe Klein stepped down in November, he has been far from idle. He’s been active as a visiting fellow with the Urban Land Institute and a board member with the National Association of City Transportation Officials, and last month he joined the board of OpenPlans, the parent organization of […]

Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council Should Be More Than an Info Session

By Daniel Ronan | Feb 11, 2014 | 7 Comments

I recently moved to the Windy City from Portland, Oregon, where I had served as a member of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee at the state level for bike and pedestrian issues. So I came into last Wednesday’s meeting of the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council excited to hear the breadth and depth of pedestrian advocacy […]

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Streetsblog TV: Presentation by Gabe Klein Last Week at L.A. City Hall

By Damien Newton | Jan 23, 2014 | No Comments

In case you weren’t able to attend last week, or watch our Live Broadcast on Streetsblog TV, Streetsblog LA has put together a playlist of the entire presentation by former Chicago and D.C. DOT chief Gabe Klein. In addition to discussing bike-share and some of the changes that occurred in both cities under his leadership, […]

Emanuel Appoints CTA’s Chief Planning Officer to Be New CDOT Chief

By John Greenfield | Dec 31, 2013 | 15 Comments

It looks like the next Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner will be following in Gabe Klein’s progressive footsteps. This morning the mayor’s office announced that Rahm Emanuel has selected Rebekah Scheinfeld, the CTA’s chief planning officer, to fill the vacancy, pending city council approval. While some of CDOT’s previous commissioners seemed fairly indifferent to public […]

The 2013 Chicago Streetsie Awards

By John Greenfield | Dec 30, 2013 | 6 Comments

Season’s Greetings Streetsblog Chicago readers. I hope you’ve had a joyful December and are gearing up for a fabulous New Year’s Eve. 2013 has been a banner year for walking, biking and transit in the Windy City, but there were so many landmarks and firsts, as well as a few discouraging developments, that it’s a […]

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