North Lake Shore Drive Reconstruction

If we're going to address the climate crisis and promote a more equitable transportation system, we need to pressure local officials to take bold action to improve transit.

That doesn't mean that an efficient, equitable LSD remix is a lost cause, but rather that we're going to have to fight harder to achieve that goal.

More advocacy is needed to make sure we don't wind up with a car-centric North Lake Shore Drive redesign.

We need to disregard the small-minded concern of the car-focused and redesign the drive in the manner that's best for our city and our planet.

But some residents argued that plans to make cyclists and pedestrians on the Lakefront Trail use tunnels and an overpass to cross eat-west streets in order to facilitate driving is car-centric.

The latest proposals presented at a community meeting included changes to the Belmont and Irving Park Junctions.

Lightfoot's positions on bike/walk funding, the North LASD rehab, reduced CTA fares, and bus lane enforcement are arguably more progressive, but neither candidate is terrible on transportation.

You can sign your name to the letter to make sure elected officials know you want them to focus on moving people, not cars.

After many (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine) meetings the first phase of what will probably be a decades-long process of the complete reconstruction of North Lake Shore Drive took place yesterday afternoon. This meeting was the most straightforward as the elements considered had already been narrowed down and because most attendees were repeats and familiar with the meeting's format.