Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Logan Square

45th Ward aldermanic candidate John Garrido and Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce president Dave Wians at a 2014 community meeting, holding stack of petitions against the Milwaukee protected bike lane proposal on the Far Northwest Side. Photo: John Greenfield

A brief history of Chicago protected bike lane proposals killed by parking pushback

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

There are political and logistical hurdles to removing parking to make room for protected bike lanes in Chicago, but there's reason to believe the tide may be turning.

Ghost bike for Kevin Clark installed last Saturday at the Logan/Western crash site. Photo: Courtney Cobbs

In the wake of Kevin Clark’s death, will we enact real change to fix Chicago’s streets?

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 16, 2021 | No Comments

Do we have the infrastructure and will to implement safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation in Chicago? That remains to be seen.

Kevin Clark with "School of Rock" costar Jack Black.

LaSpata calls for fixing the Kevin Clark crash site: “I could be in the position Kevin was”

By John Greenfield | Jun 7, 2021 | No Comments

LaSpata says he's holding local agencies accountable for fixing the intersection. "Every time a cyclist dies in Chicago we're told that in some sense it was their fault, and I'm really tired of it."

Kevin Clark with young musicians. Photo via Kevin's Coda

Driver who killed “School of Rock” drummer Kevin Clark refused DUI blood test

By John Greenfield | Jun 2, 2021 | No Comments

The motorist was also ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and without insurance, and ticketed for running a stop sign and driving without insurance the previous month in River Forest.

“School of Rock” drummer Kevin Clark is second cyclist killed at Logan/Western within 13 years

By John Greenfield | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

This second bike fatality at Logan/Western in 13 years underscores the fact that we can't wait any longer for safety improvements at this location.

The intersection of Diversey and Albany, looking north, as it appeared in May 2019. The crosswalks have reportedly faded since then. Image: Google Maps

Logan pedestrian fatality highlights how IDOT control of Chicago streets makes us less safe

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

This horrifying incident has laid bare how the Illinois Department of Transportation having final say on changes to many Chicago streets makes our city more dangerous.

The current layout of the Logan Square traffic circle and the remix. Images: Google Maps, CDOT

Logan Square bikeway plans are disappointing, but traffic circle remix is exciting

By John Greenfield | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments

While it's a bummer that Logan Square won't be getting robust bikeways as part of the Diversey and Milwaukee projects, it's great that the long-awaited traffic circle remix and La Placita are finally coming to fruition.

Credit:Evergreen Real Estate Group / Pappageorge Haymes Partners

A rendering of the affordable housing project proposed for 2525 N. Kedzie Bouelvard.

2nd affordable transit-oriented development proposed near Logan Square station

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

A proposal for a housing development near the Logan Square Blue Line station includes 64 affordable units. If approved, the site would be the second transit-oriented development near the 'L' stop.

The 3900 block of West Fullerton Avenue, looking west. Image: Google Maps

Patsy Ely, 62, killed in Logan DUI crash, was first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2021

By John Greenfield | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments

Drivers have killed at least two other pedestrians on Fullerton, a wide five-lane road, within two miles of this crash site in recent years.

Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well

By John Greenfield | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

Some business owners are grumbling about customers having to cross the street from their parking spaces, but CDOT says projects like this are the wave of the future.

Rendering of the planned bike bridge across Lake Calumet to Big Marsh bike park.

Illinois Bike Summit included updates on projects in Logan, Big Marsh, downstate

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

The Illinois Bike Summit, an annual gathering of bike planners, advocates, shop owners, and enthusiasts, took place virtually Tuesday with the theme of infrastructure, education and inclusion.

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