Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Neighborhood Greenways

Roger That! Low-Stress, North-South Bike Route Planned for Rogers Park

By John Greenfield | Jun 29, 2015 | 11 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation recently held a public meeting about their clever proposal to install a contra-flow bike lane on Glenwood, between Ridge and Carmen, in Edgewater. More quietly, CDOT and the 49th Ward have been moving forward with an equally promising plan for a neighborhood greenway on Glenwood and and Greenview in Rogers […]

Greenway Edged Out in Little Village PB Election, But Could Still Happen

By John Greenfield | May 9, 2014

Earlier this week, I reported that the proposal for a north-south neighborhood greenway in Rogers Park was left off the 49th Ward participatory budgeting ballot, but that bike-priority route is still expected to become a reality. Similarly, 22nd Ward PB voters didn’t elect to fund a proposal for an east-west greenway in the Little Village […]

Never Fear, the Rogers Park Greenway Is Still in the Works

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2014 | 2 Comments

I was nonplussed when I checked out the results of Saturday’s 49th Ward participatory budgeting election this morning. The most exciting proposal, a bike-priority neighborhood greenway, which was discussed at a community meeting in mid-April, wasn’t one of the winning projects, since it wasn’t even included on the ballot. Fortunately, the north-south greenway, originally proposed […]

Rogers Parkers Discuss Plans for Divvy Stations, Greenway

By Justin Haugens | Apr 22, 2014

The city is gearing up to add 175 more Divvy bike-share stations this year, bringing the total to 475. On Thursday, 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore hosted a community meeting at Eugene Field elementary to discuss potential Divvy station locations within Rogers Park. The meeting also covered the proposed north-south neighborhood greenway that’s a ballot item […]

Rogers Park Participatory Budgeting Ideas Include a North-South Greenway

By John Greenfield | Apr 2, 2014 | 11 Comments

Chicago aldermen traditionally use their $1.3 million in discretionary “menu” money for basic street, sidewalk and lighting improvements. However, this year a handful of wards are holding participatory budgeting elections. These often result in money being set aside for innovative transportation projects, and walking and biking infrastructure is a relative bargain. 49th Ward Alderman Joe […]

It’s “New Bikeways Week” at Streetsblog Chicago. First Up: Berteau

By Steven Vance | Oct 21, 2013 | 42 Comments

It’s “New Bikeways Week” here on Streetsblog, and John and I will be writing up the many new neighborhood greenways, protected bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, and refreshed bike lanes installed this summer and fall. First up: the Berteau neighborhood greenway. Construction on the Berteau Avenue neighborhood greenway, which began in late August, is now […]

The Latest Word From the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council

By Kristen Maddox | Aug 26, 2013 | 23 Comments

The Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council met last Wednesday, the day after an SUV driver struck and killed an 83-year-old man in Rogers Park, then fled the scene. At the meeting, Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein, co-chair of MPAC, along with Peter Skosey, vice president of the Metropolitan Planning Council, described the crash as “gruesome.” […]