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After recent crashes in 39th Ward, constituents urge Ald. Nugent to make safer walk/bike infrastructure happen before someone else gets hurt
The alder attended a quarterly community meeting where neighbors shared their visions for improving walking and biking in the district.
At ATA’s Advocacy Connect session, Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety staff discussed three-pronged strategy to create safer streets
There was also talk of efforts to create a more people-friendly North DLSD, save the Greyhound station, and stop the removal of the Dickens Greenway's plaza.
Some 150 bike riders, thousands of letters protest plans to give Dickens plaza back to motorists
The 43rd Ward confirmed that, to facilitate driving, the City intends to remove the plaza that was installed only about nine months ago. Advocates say that would set a terrible precedent.
Eyes on the River: Chicago transportation infrastructure, as seen from the North Branch Works boat tour
Rolling on the river provided a fresh perspective on Near North Side and downtown walk/bike/transit facilities.
There *shouldn’t* be a road just like it: Better Streets’ Lakefront Community Visioning Meeting calls for a shoreline without an 8-lane DLSD
Attendees want to see the waterside highway transformed into a people-friendly boulevard with a dedicated transit corridor.