Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Gia Biagi

Emails: CDOT trucker injured SAFE Ambassador on bike, but she was home the next day

By John Greenfield | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments

Correspondence obtained through a FOIA request provides a window on on the crisis management conversation that took place after one city employee injured another one.

CTA ridership has plummeted during the pandemic. Photo: Raed Mansour

CMAP, ATA, and CDOT discuss pandemic transportation challenges, and the way forward

By Cameron Bolton | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

Car traffic is on its way back to pre-pandemic levels, but transit ridership is still way down, and without further intervention, the agencies have to resort to drastic service cuts.

Northcenter Town Square during a recent farmers market, looking west on Belle Plaine. Photo: John Greenfield

Northcenter Town Square highlights the benefits of turning parking into people space

By John Greenfield | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments

The project took land that was mostly used for storing privately owned metal boxes and turned it into a wonderful neighborhood amenity.

A bus lane in New York. Photo: Dave Colon

Does Chicago need pandemic bus lanes? MPC and UIC experts weigh in

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 15, 2020 | No Comments

Other cities have been rolling out pandemic bus lanes, but Chicago has taken no action.

Biagi, right, with 1st Ward alderman Daniel LaSpata and Ben Helphand, president of Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, at the installation of the Bloomingdale alternative Slow Street route earlier this month. Photo via Helphand

Did Chicago miss the chance to make streets less car-centric? CDOT’s Gia Biagi responds

By John Greenfield | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

During an interview with Streetsblog, the CDOT chief also discussed bike lane restriping, pandemic bus lanes, and how she's settling into life at the department.

Historic Black-owned businesses Frances' Cocktail Lounge and Lem's Bar-B-Q on Chathams's 75th Street restaurant strip. Image: Google Maps

New Cafe Streets announced, but so far Black and Latino dining strips are opting out

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Announced Cafe Streets in Chatham and Little Village have been cancelled or watered down, which means that so far none are planned on African-American- or Latino-owned restaurant strips.

A Slow Street in Oakland. Photo: Arvi Sreenivasan via Twitter

CDOT: Cortland, Glenwood, Palmer, Leland will be “Shared streets for physical distancing”

By John Greenfield | May 26, 2020 | No Comments

After more than two months of advocacy by Streetsblog, it looks like Chicago is finally going to open streets for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation.

Chicago’s pandemic plan includes free Divvy for healthcare workers, $1 rides

By John Greenfield | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

The plan also includes breaks for transit riders, taxi and ride-hail drivers, and paratransit users.

Scooters near the Kedzie Pink Line stop in North Lawndale. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Main finding of Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot: “We need to do another pilot”

By John Greenfield | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

The study also found there were 192 reported scooter injuries in four months, and 34 percent of online survey respondents said they used the devices to go to or from transit.

It’s official: After City Council approval, Gia Biagi is now the new CDOT chief

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

Bia's responsibilities will include studying, and possibly implementing congestion pricing, and helping to speed up bus service.

The Riverview Bridge. Photo: John Greenfield

2019 was a year of new beginnings for transportation

By John Greenfield | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments

In 2019 we got a new mayor who promised to use an equity lens for transportation decisions, the Divvy expansion deal, the scooter pilot, the fair ride-hail tax, and many other new developments.

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