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Three recent stages of emotion over IDOT’s insistence on keeping North DLSD car-centric
Streetsblog Chicago readers are familiar with how last month sustainable transportation and environmental advocates joined forces with 14 forward-thinking alders. They called on the Chicago and Illinois transportation departments to halt plans to simply rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as an eight-lane highway, and instead make the lakefront more walk/bike/transit-friendly.
July 24, 2024
Get on the bus! Advocates and organizations urge Mayor Johnson to take action to save the Greyhound Terminal
According to the letter, rehabbing the station would cost less that $40M, a small fraction of the price tag of many other local transportation projects.
July 23, 2024
Proposed Archer, Kedzie upgrades would be a big step forward to improve traffic safety on the Southwest Side
The planned improvements include a 4-to-3 road diet and slip lane removals on Archer, protected bike lanes, pedestrian upgrades, and bus boarding islands.
July 22, 2024
We are all in the underperforming Chicagoland transit network. But some of us are looking at the Star:Line.
According to Star:Line Chicago, "The 2034sight Plan is an ambitious — and achievable — ten-year framework to lay the groundwork to modernize Chicagoland’s existing local passenger rail system."
July 19, 2024
A semi driver fatally struck a person walking on Lower Wacker Drive. Did a locked gate contribute to the crash?
The victim may have been walking in the street because a gate limiting pedestrian access on the south side of Wacker was locked at the time.
July 19, 2024
This is Grand! CDOT cuts ribbon on new protected bike lanes on a key West Side diagonal street
The project also has lots of other nifty Complete Streets features, like raised crosswalks, bus islands, and the conversion of a dangerous slip lane to a new plaza.
July 18, 2024
July CTA board meeting touches on public safety, union issues, creating a transit-friendly DLSD
A board member asked for assurance that the CPD's focus on the upcoming DNC at the United Center won't make transit less safe in the rest of the city.
July 17, 2024
Rampaging driver fatally struck friendly, helpful neighbor Steven Moore, 63, Saturday in Roseland
Police charged a driver with first-degree murder after he allegedly struck pedestrian Steven Moore, 63, Saturday in Roseland, and then turned his car around and ran Moore over again as he struggled to get up, killing him. The motorist then reportedly drove around the neighborhood threatening other people until he rammed another driver, fled on foot, and was finally arrested.
July 17, 2024
Transit planning guru Jarrett Walker discusses CTA and Pace challenges, and the agency consolidation question
Walker, a consultant with the two systems, talks about how to improve service. He won't "disagree with their managements in public," but says he's genuinely against the proposed merger.
July 16, 2024
Southwest Collective leads monthly bike rides to highlight every park in the area near Midway Airport
Streetsblog showed up for Saturday's ride from Nottingham Park in Clearing. The group's goal is to improve walk/bike/transit conditions and build camaraderie.
July 15, 2024
