Divvy launches scooters and new pricing, but some members aren’t happy with the latter
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It would be much better if the city and Divvy come up with a pricing structure that encourages ridership, rather than suppressing it.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Promoted
Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage
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In reality plenty of people are benefitting from the project. And emails show CDOT agreed with us that Block Club's coverage, which asserted that the road diet is "causing traffic jams" despite the data, was absurd.
Divvy hopes new charging stations will reduce VMT needed to maintain the fleet
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The Divvy system recently debuted charging stations for electric Divvys. Read more to find out where the first charging stations are located.
Failure to create safe cycling conditions on Milwaukee leads to second bike death at Kilbourn
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The latest victim was barista Nick Parlingayan, 22, fatally struck Wednesday night by a driver who fled the scene.
A tale of two cities: What cycling in Vienna and Budapest reminded me about Chicago
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Comparing Budapest and Vienna offers more evidence that if Chicago wants to mainstream cycling, we've got to build a citywide network of connected, protected bikeways.
Banasiak, Duckworth, and Moeller honored at ATA awards reception
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The Active Transportation Alliance's annual awards reception gives credit to people who've made a difference to improve Chicagoland sustainable transportation in the past year.
Mutiny at the meeting: Lakeview neighbors hijack Metra hearing to voice UP-N concerns
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“We’ve been growing, gentrifying, changing the North Side, and you’re endangering everything we have done,” said one neighbor.
How about increasing CTA staffing, reliability, and ridership as a crime-fighting strategy?
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What if we focused on getting the CTA workforce up to full strength as a strategy to increase reliability, ridership, and safety, by having more eyes in the 'L' cars to deter crime and bad behavior?
City launches income-based traffic fine pilot, halving the fees for low-income residents
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Eligible residents can also eliminate all debt by paying off the original fine on tickets received within the last three years.
Lightfoot’s plan to spend $7.5M to pay people to burn gas narrowly passes City Council
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If you're unhappy that your tax dollars will be used to pay people to drive, now you know to hold accountable.
The U. of C. has made progress in reducing car use. So why is it building a giant garage?
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The University of Chicago has made progress on decreasing driving. Why is it building a new parking garage while also committing to reducing transportation-related greenhouse emissions?