The Boystown Parking Ban Raises Issues of Race and Class
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Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lakeview
CTA Introduces Redevelopment Plan for Belmont Flyover Site
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More than three dozen residents showed up for the hearing at the Center on Halsted.
Not Surprising: With Weekday-Only Service and No A.M. Rush Hours, Lincoln Bus Pilot Fails
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With limited hours and a relatively high ridership goal, the Lincoln Avenue bus pilot never met its target and will be canceled next month.
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.
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 […]