New Maplewood / Campbell bikeways are a youth-driven participatory budgeting project
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The Youth Council from Waters Elementary, including student aged 8-12, proposed the project.
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Creating the Grace Greenway from the 312 River Run to the Lakefront Trail would be easy
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The city cleverly legalized westbound riding on this low-stress street with a block of contraflow bike lane. A couple more short stretches of contraflow further east could make Grace even more bikeable.
School and Henderson streets in Lakeview will become Slow Streets on Monday
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Community feedback on the idea has been positive so far, so assuming there's no major opposition this week, it will be installed next week.
Northcenter Town Square highlights the benefits of turning parking into people space
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The project took land that was mostly used for storing privately owned metal boxes and turned it into a wonderful neighborhood amenity.
Martin: Let’s prioritize transportation equity, catch up with other cities on biking
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Martin's Transportation and Infrastructure Budget Town Hall was an opportunity to get info on the city’s transportation budget and provide feedback on priorities for transportation spending.
ATA calls for 30 miles of bus lanes and masks, hosts transit justice town hall tonight
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Thankfully, the Active Transportation just launched a campaign to spur the city to get moving on building more bus lanes, as well as to provide face masks for all transit riders.
Talking about Slow Streets and equitable community input
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47th Ward alderman Matt Martin hosted a panel on these topics with reps from the Active Transportation Alliance, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Streetsblog Chicago.
Leland Slow Street will be expanded west to the Chicago River tomorrow.
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CDOT is also adding more signs to the existing Slow Streets on Leland and near the Bloomingdale Trail to make sure drivers know that the streets aren't to be used as cut-throughs.
6 streets will be pedestrianized for cafes, and the Leland Slow Street opens
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Neighborhoods from Chatham to Lakeview will be getting cafe zones, and the Leland Slow Street is a hit with families and other residents.
Once again Chicago leads the way, passing a tax to help get Uber and Lyft under control
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Meanwhile a new Reuters report shows that although Uber claimed it opposed the tax for equity reasons, it quietly raised price on UberPool in Chicago this year, which is disproportionately used by lower-income residents.
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
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Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.