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CDOT promises new strategic plan will center equity, help fight intergenerational poverty
During the last decade, we've seen a number of of CDOT plans that only saw a fraction of the strategies actually implemented. Here's hoping that the Strategic Plan for Transportation will be different.
July 22, 2021
Divvy kicks off West Side expansion with 3,500 bikes, 107 “e-station” parking areas
When the expansion is completed, the Divvy system will include 16,500 bikes and more than 800 stations.
July 9, 2021
Lakefront museums are freaked out about DuSable Drive – here’s why they shouldn’t be
City emails revealed that the Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Field Museum, and Museum of Science and Industry are worried about the name change. In reality it should be no big deal.
June 22, 2021
CDOT to the feds: The new draft of the MUTCD is still way too car-centric
Transportation chief Gia Biagi argued in a letter to the FWHA that the draft version of the next edition of the manual is "far too focused on motor vehicle operations and perpetuates the status quo."
March 12, 2021
CDOT voiced support for honoring DuSable, but officials privately oppose renaming LSD
While transportation chief Gia Biagi publicly said renaming the drive would be challenging but doable, emails reveal that the department is actually opposed to the change.
February 9, 2021
Stone free! City finally cuts the ribbon on the bike bridge that Berny Stone blocked
Now that we can close the book on the 15-year Stone Free Bridge saga, it's time to advocate for making other safety improvements to the North Shore Channel Trail.
November 10, 2020
Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well
Some business owners are grumbling about customers having to cross the street from their parking spaces, but CDOT says projects like this are the wave of the future.
October 2, 2020
Emails: CDOT trucker injured SAFE Ambassador on bike, but she was home the next day
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.
September 30, 2020
CMAP, ATA, and CDOT discuss pandemic transportation challenges, and the way forward
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.
September 24, 2020
Northcenter Town Square highlights the benefits of turning parking into people space
The project took land that was mostly used for storing privately owned metal boxes and turned it into a wonderful neighborhood amenity.
September 3, 2020
