Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Indiana

The Small Indiana City That’s Embracing Livable Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 29, 2014 | No Comments

Kokomo, Indiana, has put resources and energy into developing streetscape features to calm traffic and provide more space for walking and biking, Aaron Renn reports. Photo: Urbanophile With a population of about 60,000 and a formerly industrial economy, Kokomo, Indiana, is not the type of city that recent economic trends have favored. But Aaron Renn […]

South Shore Line Looks Into Accommodating Bikes on Trains

By Steven Vance | May 15, 2013 | 5 Comments

Two weeks ago, at a friend’s suggestion, I started a petition to lobby the South Shore Line to allow bicycles on trains, which currently has 125 signers. Our motivation was mostly selfish: We want to be able to travel to the Dunes National Lakeshore and other places in northwest Indiana with our bikes. So I […]