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La Reunión del Colaborativa de movilidad de Chicago el jueves en el McKinley Park Field House. Foto: Ismael Cuevas

Resumen de la reunión del Colaborativo de movilidad de Chicago en marzo

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 1, 2023 | No Comments

La primera reunión trimestral del Colaborativo de movilidad de Chicago del año se llevó a cabo la semana pasada el jueves 16 de marzo en el McKinley Park Fieldhouse.

The Chicago Mobility Collaborative Meeting on Thursday at the McKinley Park Field House Photo: Ismael Cuevas

Chicago Mobility Collaborative March meeting recap

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 1, 2023 | No Comments

The first quarterly Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting of the year was held this past week on Thursday March 16th at the McKinley Park Fieldhouse.

“Carmageddon” by Chicagoan Daniel Knowles discusses how our society became car-centric

By Michael Lynch | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

His advice for people inspired by his book to try to fix this? “I think my advice would be ‘Be louder’, because you are quite numerous. There's more of you than you think.”

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 31

By John Greenfield | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

Council votes to increase number of committees from 19 to 28, enacts new rules to give alders independence (Block Club) After UIC study finding some speed cameras weren’t improving safety, CDOT relocated 16 of them (ABC) Following COVID stalemate, Union Pacific says it will transfer commuter rail operation to Metra in early 2024 (Railfan) What’s […]

Before-and-after renderings of Oak Street Beach, looking north from the top of the Hancock Tower. This version of the after rendering includes bus-only lanes.

Renderings of Redefine the Drive an ambitious vision for improving public space

By Sharon Hoyer | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

Drawings of potential changes were posted on the Redefine the Drive website, many which are various views of a dramatically transformed Oak Street beach and new green space.

Driver who ran stop sign fatally struck James R. Thompson, 26, in West Loop, fled

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

Drivers blowing stop signs is commonplace in Chicago, and tragically early Saturday morning in the West Loop a motorist's decision to do so robbed James Richard Thompson, 26, of his life.

Police with the white sedan following Wednesday's crash. Image: ABC Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crash-cragin-man-dies-cicero/13041296/

Man, 46, is 2nd pedestrian struck on multilane Cicero Ave. in less than 4 months

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

On December 14, 2022, a male pedestrian was walking in 1100 block of South Cicero Avenue in Austin when an SUV driver fatally struck him. The five-lane layout of the street encourages speeding. Less than four months later and about 3.5 miles north, early Wednesday morning, March 29, another driver struck and killed a male […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 30

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

Check out the city’s new Chicago Cycling Strategy plan for equitably expanding the bike network Block Club: “The new stop and frisk? Chicago police make millions of traffic stops while searching for guns” Jury awards $5 million to family of Verona Gunn, 84 killed in 2019 crash with speeding CPD officer in Austin (Sun-Times) One […]

Divvy bikes parked next to the Lakefront Trail near North Avenue. Photo: Steven Vance

For second time in less than a year, another Divvy price hike quietly kicked in this month

By John Greenfield | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

Today the Chicago Department of Transportation put out a press release about the new Chicago Cycling Strategy plan, “outlining a community-driven approach to expanding Chicago’s bike network and creating a more equitable, safe, and inviting city for cycling.” Streetsblog will take a closer look at that document soon. But you know what CDOT never put […]

Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. Image: CBS

Speed round: Both candidates said they’d dismantle Chicago’s livesaving speed cam program

By John Greenfield | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

It's disappointing that even politicians who claim to care about public safety and transportation equity have a blind spot when it comes to automated enforcement, which protects the most vulnerable Chicagoans, simply because traffic cameras are unpopular with drivers.