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Carl Bibbs, 61, Died After a Driver Struck Him Last Month in Humboldt Park
Bibbs was the third Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2018.
February 23, 2018
Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Cyclist Angelo Resto, 46, in Humboldt Park
The victim was the sixth on-street bike fatality in Chicago this year.
December 15, 2017
Why Transportation Advocates Should Get Behind the Affordable Housing Movement
We need to help make sure longtime residents get to stay in their communities to benefit from new amenities.
August 10, 2017
Jezniah Smith Honored at Ghost Bike Ceremony: “He Had a Beautiful Heart”
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.
January 24, 2017
Family of Fallen Cyclist Jezniah Smith Plans to File Wrongful Death Lawsuit
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.
January 17, 2017
Jezniah Smith, 34, Fatally Struck While Biking in Humboldt Park
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.
January 12, 2017
CDOT Has a Full Plate of New and Upgraded Bike Lane Infrastructure
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.
September 13, 2016
Green Space for Greenbacks: The Debate Over Private Fests in Public Parks
[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.]
May 19, 2016
Active Trans May Launch a Petition Drive to Keep The 606 Open 24/7
[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 or in print. The paper hits the streets on Thursdays.]
March 14, 2016
Eyes on the Street: A Roundup of New Bike Lanes, Part I
We’ve done write-ups of many bikeways the city installed this year as part of their effort to reach 100 miles of buffered and protected lane, including facilities on South Sacramento, South State, Vincennes, Clybourn, Milwaukee, and Washington. However, there were a few more new lanes I’d been meaning to check out, and some others that weren’t on my radar because the Chicago Department of Transportation hadn’t announced them on the bike program’s Facebook page. Recently, however, CDOT provided this list of bikeways they built this year:
November 5, 2015