San Francisco’s Market Street is going car-free. Michigan Avenue should be next.
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Why shouldn't Michigan become a safer, more efficient, and more democratic street as well?
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Promoted
Police stop stats are more evidence that Black residents have less mobility freedom
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Following a 2015 agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU, the number of investigatory stops have plummeted, but 72 percent of cases still involved African American subjects.
Lightfoot at budget address: Uber and Lyft’s “essentially free rein in Chicago” is over
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"I reject – and you should be deeply skeptical – of the false narrative ride-share companies are spreading," Lightfoot said in her speech.
How the U.S. legal system supports car-dependence, and how we can change that
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Gregory Shill of the University of Iowa discussed his paper "Should Law Subsidize Driving?" at UIC.
Mayor Lightfoot wants to jack up the price of ride-hailing trips, and that’s a very good thing
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Some of the revenue will be used to help fund transit, including an initiative to speed up neighborhood bus service.
Decolonizing our work: Why Untokening is so powerful for BIPOC transportation advocates
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Transportation and mobility justice work has the potential to play a big role in shifting things for the better if we are able to do it right.
As scooter pilot ends, Active Trans report calls for expanding it, with strings attached
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Go ahead and expand the program, Active Trans says, but require parking docks or corrals, and keep them out of downtown and off the Lakefront Trail.
Victory! The right to bike on the riverwalk is preserved. Now about those “No Biking” signs…
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Thanks in part to Streetsblog's advocacy on the issue, Alderman Reilly never followed through on his threat to ban cycling on the promenade, and the city is looking at ways to accommodate biking. Now the no biking signs need to come down.
Inspector General calls out CPD for illegal parking; police bike lane blockage needs to stop too
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While the new advisory focuses on parking in fire lanes and emergency exits, as well as parking placard abuse, the IG's office says it's also interested in sidewalk, crosswalk, and bike lane violations.
A dinosaur still roams the earth: John Forester discusses his discredited anti-bikeway credo
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The author of "Effective Cycling" and founder of the vehicular cycling movement still insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that bikeways makes cyclists less safe.
It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today
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Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.