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Vasquez hopes to revitalize careworn stretch of Lincoln by making it people-friendly
40th Ward Aldermen Vasquez wants to create a more people-focused street along Lincoln Avenue from Western to Catalpa.
April 1, 2021
New Maplewood / Campbell bikeways are a youth-driven participatory budgeting project
The Youth Council from Waters Elementary, including student aged 8-12, proposed the project.
November 2, 2020
Starting Friday, Leland Shared Street will provide a safe COVID-19 transportation corridor
It took more than two months of pushing by advocates, but Chicago is finally implementing Slow Streets as a COVID-19 response.
May 27, 2020
Let’s fence off empty parking lanes to make room for safe walking and running
Sidewalks are crowded nowadays, but parking lanes were empty. Let's turn parking lanes into pedestrian space.
April 6, 2020
100% affordable TOD proposed for Lincoln Square parking lot, local landlord blows a gasket
Fortunately, the resident calmed down after he learned that no parking spaces would be lost.
January 7, 2020
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.
September 25, 2019
47th Ward: Community outreach will help prevent backlash to Leland Greenway extension
While the Dickens Greenway proposal in Lincoln Park has been highly controversial, meeting with Lincoln Square neighborhood groups early in the planning process is promoting buy-in.
September 4, 2019
GoFundMe Launched for Bike Crash Victim Sorin Coneac, SUV Driver Still at Large
Miraculously, Coneac is coming home from the hospital less than three weeks after his skull-exposing injury.
August 13, 2019
Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Critically Injured Cyclist Sorin Coneac, 17, in Lincoln Square
Bike community members identified the victim, a youth who has been active with a local bike selling discussion group.
July 29, 2019
Leland Greenway Won’t Be Extended West of Clark Before Pawar Leaves Office
While the traffic-calmed side-street bikeway is already underway in the 46th Ward, there are currently no plans to extend it west.
September 26, 2017
