Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Oakland

Proposal 1, with the bike lanes moved next to the median, could be an overall win for safety, although churchgoers would park in the lanes on Sundays. Image: CDOT

CDOT Proposes Bike Upgrades for Drexel, But Some Folks Want More Car Parking Instead

By John Greenfield | May 25, 2018 | 33 Comments

Should Drexel get dooring-free bike lanes, or additional parking lanes? The second option would cost the city an extra $230K.

Last year's winner: Queens Boulevard. Photo: NYC DOT

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Vote for the Best Street Transformation of 2016

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 23, 2016 | No Comments

Street redesigns from Oakland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, Rochester and Chicago are competing for the title.

Eyes on the Street: More New Buffered Lanes on the South Side

By John Greenfield | Aug 6, 2014 | 16 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation continues to pump out more bikeways, as part of its effort to build 100 miles of protected and buffered lanes by 2015. Today I took a spin around the South Side to check out new buffered lanes on 75th Street and on Oakwood Boulevard. In conjunction with a street repaving […]