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Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well
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.
October 2, 2020
Illinois Bike Summit included updates on projects in Logan, Big Marsh, downstate
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.
September 17, 2020
Let’s install cheap, quick plastic curb-protected bike lanes all over Chicago
An upcoming bikeway project in Logan Square will demonstrate this fairly cheap, quick, flexible, and effective approach to installing protected lanes that should be repeated across the city.
September 12, 2020
The western third of the Cortland/Wabansia Slow Street has been dismantled
Over the weekend CDOT dismantled part of another popular Slow Street in response to feedback from residents and use data the department collected.
August 24, 2020
Goodbye parking lot, hello affordable housing: Logan TOD construction starts next month
Two months after a judge dismissed the NIMBY lawsuit against the project, work is finally set to begin.
August 18, 2020
With “overwhelming support” from residents, Rosa approves Palmer Slow Street
Rosa took a cautious approach towards implementing the plan because the corridor runs through a section of his district that is heavily Latino and hard-hit by COVID-19.
June 30, 2020
Affluent, selfish neighbors are suing to block the Logan Square all-affordable TOD
Logan Square Neighbors for Responsible Development failed to block the project through the community input process, so now they've gone nuclear with a nuisance lawsuit.
March 3, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Checking out paint-and-post upgrades on Milwaukee in Logan
For about a quarter of the price of a single traffic signal, CDOT installed safety improvements for all road users on several blocks of the avenue.
November 4, 2019
Logan affordable TOD got key approvals, flack from NIMBYs, at Plan Commission hearing
While opponents said the land would be more valuable as a parking lot or a market-rate development, proponents stressed the value of keeping Logan Square economiclly diverse.
October 17, 2019
Police: Trucker ran stop sign at Dickens/Pulaski, killing DeMarco Quinn Edwards, 32
The victim was the 34th pedestrian fatality on Chicago streets this year.
October 14, 2019
