Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Little Village

Driver Who Killed Elderly Pedestrian Claims He Didn’t See Him

By John Greenfield | Feb 3, 2014 | 4 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, from the driver’s perspective. An elderly pedestrian died early Saturday morning after being struck Thursday in Little Village by an SUV driver who claimed he didn’t see the victim. David Vega, 84, of the 2800 block of South Lawndale Avenue, was crossing northbound in the east crosswalk at Landale […]

Marshall Boulevard Redesign Has Drastically Reduced Speeding

By Steven Vance | Sep 26, 2013 | 8 Comments

Last night about 30 people showed up to discuss car parking issues on Marshall Boulevard in Little Village, at a meeting hosted by 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas at the Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy. The redesign of Marshall Boulevard last fall added a protected bike lane on one side of the street and a buffered […]

Tonight: Defend the Marshall Boulevard Redesign

By Steven Vance | Sep 25, 2013 | 10 Comments

Tonight the future of the Marshall Boulevard bike lane could be at stake at a community meeting hosted by 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas. The Marshall Boulevard bike lane was installed last fall and runs from Sacramento Drive in Douglas Park half a mile to 24th Boulevard in Little Village. It consists of a buffered lane […]

CDOT Provides an Update on Efforts to Ensure Divvy System Is Equitable

By John Greenfield | Jun 19, 2013 | 25 Comments

Imagine if almost everybody who rode the Chicago Transit Authority, a public transportation system subsidized with taxpayer money, was Caucasian. Denver found itself in an analogous situation last year, when a survey revealed that, in a city where almost half of residents are people of color, 89.9 percent the people using the publicly funded Denver […]

Marshall Bike Lanes Are Getting Correct Signs Seven Months After Installation

By Steven Vance | Jun 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

In November, Chicago Department of Transportation crews installed bike lanes on Marshall Boulevard from Sacramento Drive in Douglas Park to 24th Boulevard in Little Village, near Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy. On most of this stretch the lanes are protected by parked cars on the west side of the street; to make room for the protected […]

PlayStreets Creates Safe Public Space for Car-Free Recreation

By John Greenfield | Feb 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two of the biggest problems facing local youth, and Chicagoans in general, are street crime and the obesity epidemic, partly due to a lack of safe outdoor spaces for physical activity. PlayStreets, an initiative launched last year by the Chicago Department of Public Health, addresses both of those initiative by closing off city streets to […]