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Mapping How BRT Will Improve Access Along Ashland

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2013 | 94 Comments

In a recent blog post, Metropolitan Planning Council associate Yonah Freemark presented an ingenious visual that makes it obvious how BRT will dramatically improve transit access along the corridor. Using data from Mapnificent, which shows the area you can reach with transit from any point in a given time, Freemark created a map that illustrates […]

Which Chicago Neighborhoods Are the Most Bikeable?

By Steven Vance | May 14, 2013 | 15 Comments

Earlier this week, the people at Walk Score updated its rankings of America’s most bikeable cities, and Chicago came in at number 10. In addition, they released a city-by-city list of the most bikeable neighborhoods. You can see Chicago’s top bikeable neighborhoods as rated by Walk Score in the map above. (Eight “neighborhoods” listed in […]

Englewood Flyover, Now Under Construction, Will Reduce Metra Delays

By Steven Vance | May 3, 2013 | 27 Comments

The Englewood Flyover is a bridge construction project near 63rd and State Streets that will eventually elevate the tracks for 78 weekday Metra Rock Island trains, so they don’t cross tracks for 60 daily freight and Amtrak trains at the same grade. Work began last September, and construction this weekend will close the Dan Ryan Expressway […]

Where Will Bike-Share Stations Go? System Map Begins to Take Shape

By Steven Vance | Apr 26, 2013 | 7 Comments

Chicago’s bike-share system, which will go by the name of Divvy, is on track to launch by the Bike To Work Day Rally on June 14. Divvy will start out with 75 stations in downtown and River North before growing to about 400 stations in an area roughly bounded by Lake Michigan, Devon, California and 63rd. […]

P-Street on Milwaukee Could Help Empty Lots Develop Into Walkable Places

By Steven Vance | Apr 10, 2013 | 7 Comments

Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno of the 1st Ward has introduced an ordinance that would zone Milwaukee Avenue between Sacramento Avenue and Rockwell Street/Francis Place as a Pedestrian Street, or P-Street, which could help ensure that future development is walkable and pedestrian-friendly. The P-Street concept was codified in 2004 as an attempt “to preserve and enhance the […]