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Want to save downtown Chicago? Make it easier for more people to live in the Loop
Let's start thinking outside the box in terms of what the function of downtown should be.
January 13, 2021
Cyclist injured at Oak/Michigan under similar circumstances as Blaine Klingenberg’s death
Like Klingenberg, the cyclist in last month's crash is accused of running a red. But in Klingenberg's case it turned out there was more to the story.
July 10, 2020
Ride Your Bike: Remembering Fallen Cyclist Blaine Klingbenberg One Year Later
In 2016, Chicago garnered the number one spot in Bicycling Magazine’s 50 Best Bikes Cities. The same year there were six bike fatalities. It seemed like Ghost Bikes memorials were being installed every other week, leaving many in the cycling community wondering just how bike-friendly Chicago streets actually were. One of the six lives lost was Bakersfield, California native Blaine “Beezy” Klingenberg, who was 29 years old.
June 23, 2017
Would NYC’s Midtown Biz Leaders Write Off the Idea of a Car-Free Mag Mile?
Yesterday’s Active Transportation Alliance announcement submitting 20 streets for consideration as partial or total car-free spaces has already sparked a lively dialogue. Stories in the Tribune, Sun-Times, ABC, and DNAinfo have all examined whether or not the automobile-dominated status quo represents an appropriate allocation of public space.
February 13, 2014