Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Humboldt Park

The Division Street bike lanes in Humboldt Park. Photo: John Greenfield

A Tale of Two Communities: Views on Transportation in Humboldt Park and Evanston

By Lynda Lopez | Dec 13, 2018 | 5 Comments

A new study of attitudes towards biking, walking, and transit in these communities underscores the importance of considering local contexts when making transportation policy.

The North/Keeler intersection. Image: Google Street View

Driver Fatally Struck Teodola Rivera, 66, in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Mar 26, 2018 | 2 Comments

The victim was the 5th Chicago pedestrian fatality case of 2018.

Students from a West Town Bikes after-school program. Photo: West Town Bikes

West Town Wins $28K Grant for Trail Ambassadors From Better Bike Share Partnership

By John Greenfield | Mar 5, 2018 | No Comments

West Town will recruit, hire and train 30 youth from neighborhoods bordering the Bloomingdale Trail.

The 3100 block of West Grand. Image: Google Street View

Carl Bibbs, 61, Died After a Driver Struck Him Last Month in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Feb 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

Bibbs was the third Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2018.

The intersection of Augusta and Avers from the driver's perspective. Image: Google Street View

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Cyclist Angelo Resto, 46, in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Dec 15, 2017 | 1 Comment

The victim was the sixth on-street bike fatality in Chicago this year.

Youth leaders from LSNA, including Ashley Galvan Ramos, center, on the 606 during the recent demonstation. Photo: Iris Postma, LSNA

Why Transportation Advocates Should Get Behind the Affordable Housing Movement

By John Greenfield | Aug 10, 2017 | 6 Comments

We need to help make sure longtime residents get to stay in their communities to benefit from new amenities.

Jezniah Smith Honored at Ghost Bike Ceremony: “He Had a Beautiful Heart”

By Steven Vance | Jan 24, 2017 | No Comments

Dozens of family and friends of Jezniah Smith came to honor the fallen cyclists with the installation of a white-painted "ghost bike" at the crash site in Humboldt Park.

Family of Fallen Cyclist Jezniah Smith Plans to File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

By John Greenfield | Jan 17, 2017 | 1 Comment

The driver was not cited, and police said it is believed he had the green, but there's no record of independent witnesses or camera footage to back up this theory.

Jezniah Smith, 34, Fatally Struck While Biking in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Jan 12, 2017 | 5 Comments

Last night a car driver struck and killed a male bicyclist in the Humboldt Park neighborhood in what appears to be the first bike fatality case of 2017.

CDOT Has a Full Plate of New and Upgraded Bike Lane Infrastructure

By Steven Vance | Sep 13, 2016 | 20 Comments

During last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting Chicago Department of Transportation staffers shared a number of updates on the city’s bike network. At the event, CDOT planner Mike Amsden, who manages the department’s bikeways program, explained how funds from Blue Cross Blue Shield’s $12 million sponsorship of the Divvy bike-share system are helping to pay for bike […]

Green Space for Greenbacks: The Debate Over Private Fests in Public Parks

By John Greenfield | May 19, 2016 | 7 Comments

[Note: This Chicago Reader article lies a bit outside Streetsblog Chicago’s usual wheelhouse of transportation and livable streets topics, but since it covers an important local public space issue, I thought it might be of interest to Streetsblog readers.] On a recent Monday afternoon, members of a group called Concerned Citizens of Riot Fest in […]

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