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Obama Center construction makes it difficult to access 63rd Street beach on foot, bus
The construction on the Obama Presidential Center has impacted many different groups in many different ways, but pedestrians, bike riders, and transit rider have borne the brunt.
August 25, 2022
Jackson Park Watch Opposes Plan for Pedestrianization, Road Diet on Cornell
The group's concern that a "four-to-three conversion" road diet on the stretch of Cornell between 57th and 59th will create carmaggedon is misguided.
March 2, 2018
Obama Center Transportation Plan Will Cost $175 Million, Mostly for Road Widening
Conservatively, $125 million of that money will be used to add lanes to Lake Shore Drive and Stony Island. Think how far that money could go towards improvoing transit access to the center instead.
February 23, 2018
That Insane Detour Drivers Took Through Jackson Park Was a Police Officer’s Idea
Last Thursday morning you might have seen the alarming helicopter footage WGN traffic reporter Sarah Jindra tweeted out, showing the crazy alternative route motorists took in the aftermath of a crash that shut down traffic on Lake Shore Drive in Hyde Park. It appears that a police officer was responsible for that dangerous detour.
February 7, 2018
Obama Library Plans Massive Parking Garage, Lacks Holistic Transportation Plan
At public meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, officials from the Chicago Department of Transportation and the Obama Foundation revealed the latest site plans for the Obama Presidential Center ("the library"), which included details about how the foundation plans to build an aboveground parking garage on parkland.
August 25, 2017
Petition Calls for Restoring Green Line Service to Jackson Park, Obama Library
Neighbors have launched an online petition demanding that the CTA restore Green Line service to Stony Island and the future presidential library site.
July 11, 2017
No, Chicago Tribune, We Don’t Have to Accommodate All 19,300 Car Trips on Cornell
Rhe Trib’s assumption that all of the car trips that currently take place on Cornell need to be “accommodated” is flawed.
May 15, 2017
The 5th Ward’s Leslie Hairston: Chicago’s Most Auto-centric Alderman?
It was no surprise that read that Hairston opposes pedestrianizing streets in Jackson Park. She’s shown time and time again that she prioritizes easy driving above all other transportation modes.
February 7, 2017
