Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about James Cappleman

Hairston, Cappleman Pass on Participatory Budgeting This Year

By John Greenfield | Apr 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

As we’ve recently reported, the 49th Ward is holding its fifth participatory budgeting election this year, the 45th Ward is holding its second, and the 22nd Ward is taking the process for a spin for the first time. However, the 5th and 46th wards, which experimented with PB last year, won’t be taking part. It’s […]

200,000-Plus Warnings in 40 Days Proves We Have a Speeding Epidemic

By John Greenfield | Oct 15, 2013 | 51 Comments

On Friday the Chicago Department of Transportation announced that nine automated speed enforcement cameras near four neighborhood parks have issued warnings to more than 200,000 speeders in the first 40 days of operation. Of those violations, more than 200 involved drivers going over 60 mph, at least twice the 30 mph speed limit. Ten were […]