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Streetsblog gets a sneak peek at Pace’s west suburban Pulse Cermak Arterial Bus Rapid Transit corridor
Pace Suburban Bus is working with a group of western suburbs along or near Cermak Road to refine the details, and we got a look at those plans.
January 26, 2024
Neighbors applaud plans for bike-ped upgrades at open house for plaza and streetscape upgrades near Western Brown Line stop
"It will make it safer for the kids to walk and bike to school or for recreation," said an attendee. "So, it’s really for them. For the future."
January 25, 2024
No dice! Transportation advocates push back against plans for widening Chicago Avenue at future Bally’s Casino site
ATA and other advocates criticized plans to improve bus and bike access as half-measures, while saying a wider Chicago Avenue bridge would induce driving without helping sustainable modes.
January 24, 2024
Pace debuts its first-ever fully electric bus
Pace Suburban Bus' very first fully electric bus debuted on its South Side / Southwest suburban Route 381 last Friday.
January 24, 2024
After neighbors reject another TOD in Andersonville, it’s time for citywide solutions to our housing shortage
Plus, discussion of potential funding for protected lanes on Damen in the 40th Ward, where a driver killed ceramicist Don Heggemann, 59, on his bike in October
January 23, 2024
“No one bikes in Chicago during the winter!” Nice turnout for the Churros and Chill Ride on the Dickens Greenway
Here's a quick "Eyes on the Street"-style gallery of today's event, which celebrated the completion of the controversial low-stress bike-ped route.
January 21, 2024
How will Divvy’s higher prices impact working-class Chicagoans who make too much money for $5 Divvy for Everyone memberships?
Divvy recently announced that it will be raising its prices on February 5, with regular annual memberships going up by about 10 percent.
January 19, 2024
A Tale of Two News Outlets, Part One: Dickens drama as NBC runs a NIMBY-friendly TV report about the greenway
NBC and the Tribune demonstrate the wrong and right ways to report on a controversial bike lane project like the Dickens Greenway.
January 17, 2024
Hit-and-run driver killed Vesmo Bernard Hanks, Jr., 25, who was reportedly fleeing a police stop on foot in Austin
Altogether, drivers fatally struck 30 pedestrians on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 16, 2024
At Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee hearing, CDOT reports that bike infra construction, encouragement is shifting into high gear
Bike and pedestrian program czar Dave Smith discussed the agency’s strategy for improving bikeways and encouraging more people to ride.
January 11, 2024
