Get Ready for Chicago’s Next Great Greenways on Roscoe and School/Aldine
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These streets are already nice places to ride, but street markings, wayfinding signs, and traffic calming will make them even better.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lakeview
Eyes on the Street: The Broadway/Halsted Slip Lane Is History
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CDOT recently made some, ahem, concrete improvements to the stretch of Broadway between Irving Park and Grace in Lakeview.
Eyes on the Street: Prepaid Bus Boarding Pilots at Belmont/LSD and 69th Street Red Line
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The Chicago Transit Authority is testing a prepaid boarding system during weekday rush hours at a few of its busiest stops along major routes to see if it will improve travel times.
Eyes on the Street: Swapping Parking for Customer Seating Is a Smart Move
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Merchants are beginning to understand that their bottom line depends less on the number of vehicles they can park than the number of customers they can accommodate.
The Belmont Flyover: Learning From the Past and Planning the Future
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It’s going to be important for the city to learn the mistakes of the past, particularly the failure to promptly redevelop several lots that were left empty for five or more years after the Brown Line reconstruction was finished.
The CPD’s “Biking While Black” Enforcement Practices Have Got to Stop
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A Chicago Tribune investigation indicates that police are much more likely to ticket people in African-American communities for bike infractions than they are to issue citations to lawbreaking cyclists in mostly white areas. This isn't just illegal and unjust. It also discourages cycling in black neighborhoods.
After an Officer Seriously Injured a Cyclist in Lakeview, Police Blamed the Victim
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The CPD argues the cyclist was at fault, claiming that she ran her stop sign. However, her attorney says the truth about the crash has yet to be determined, and the CPD's refusal to accept responsibility is yet another example of our city's larger problem of police accountability.
The Cubs World Series Victory Parade Transforms the Streets of Lakeview
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If you’ll indulge this bandwagon-jumper in a bit more Cubs-mania (don’t worry, we’ll have another serious post or two today), I thought SBC readers might enjoy a few shots of how the in-progress Cubs victory parade has filled the streets of the Lakeview neighborhood with humans instead of motor vehicles. It’s more evidence that some of […]
Policies and Politics, Not TODs, Are to Blame for Affordable Housing Crunch
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Yesterday the Tribune’s Mary Wisniewski further explored a topic Streetsblog’s John Greenfield covered two weeks ago for the Reader. Virtually all of Chicago’s new transit-oriented development projects are upscale buildings in affluent or gentrifying neighborhoods. TOD advocates argue that adding housing in these communities will take pressure off the rental market. But some Logan Square residents […]
Shop by Bike and Win Prizes During the “Ride & Seek Lakeview” Promotion
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Smart community leaders brainstorm ways to get more butts on bicycles. After all, more people traveling in the neighborhood on two wheels instead of four means less traffic congestions and pollution. And when more shoppers access retail strips by bikes instead of cars, there are similar (or even better) economic benefits for the area, with […]
Eyes on the Street: Restaurants Make Room for Customers Instead of Cars
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It’s encouraging to see that more and more business owners have come to understand that accommodating people, rather than automobiles, is good for the bottom line. This summer we should see the city’s first “Curbside Cafes,” outdoor seating areas where it’s restaurants and bars may serve food and drinks, located in the parking lane on […]