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What to Expect at Next Week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting

By Steven Vance | Sep 1, 2016 | 8 Comments

Soon after I heard that Lisa Kuivenen had tragically died while riding their bike after a truck driver tried to merge across the Milwaukee Avenue bike lane I got a little furious. I was upset that her fatal crash was continuing a pattern of cyclist deaths – Blaine Klingenberg and Virginia Murray died after commercial vehicle […]

Meeting to Discuss Manor Greenway Amidst Opposition Set for Thursday

By Steven Vance | Jul 26, 2016 | 19 Comments

The 33rd Ward is holding the monthly meeting of its Transportation Action Committee on Thursday to discuss the Manor Greenway, a proposal from the Chicago Department of Transportation to connect two multi-use park paths via an on-street route on Manor Greenway. Jeff Sobczyk, assistant to Alder Deb Mell, said in the meeting announcement that the […]

West Side Residents Tell CDOT Where New Bikeways Should Be Built

By Steven Vance | Mar 22, 2016 | 5 Comments

Last night the Chicago Department of Transportation held a meeting at the Austin neighborhood library to get feedback from residents on which routes should be prioritized as the city builds out the planned bike network on the West Side. A second West Side public input meeting takes place tomorrow night from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. at the Legler Library, 115 […]

Chicago Joins Vision Zero Network While Pedestrian Fatality Rate is in Flux

By Steven Vance | Feb 4, 2016 | 8 Comments

At yesterday’s quarterly meeting of the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council, Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld mentioned the “somber” statistics that there was a significant increase in Chicago pedestrian fatalities in 2015 compared to previous years. There were 35 pedestrian deaths in the city in 2014, according to official Illinois Department of Transportation figures, and […]

“Divvy For Everyone” Program Now Has Over 1,000 Members Across Chicago

By Steven Vance | Dec 11, 2015 | 1 Comment

The city’s Divvy For Everyone program to get low-income and unbanked residents using the popular bike-share system looks to be gaining popularity itself. Yesterday the Chicago Department of Transportation’s Divvy For Everyone program manager Amanda Woodall discussed D4E figures at the quarterly Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council, a public meeting where the city shares its bicycle initiatives. Until […]

Residents and Politicians Urge CTA to Restore Lincoln, 31st Street Bus Service

By Steven Vance | Nov 17, 2015 | 4 Comments

During the public comment period of last night’s Chicago Transit Authority’s budget hearing, the only one the agency is holding this year, many politicians and residents urged the CTA board to restore the Lincoln Avenue and 31st Street bus routes. The hearing opened with budget director Tom McKone providing an overview of the 2016 spending plan. It maintains […]

The 6-Year Wait for Bikes on the South Shore Has Been Reduced to 9 Months

By Steven Vance | Aug 6, 2015 | 5 Comments

Last week, the board of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District voted to dramatically reduce the wait time for a bikes-on-board pilot for South Shore Line trains. A consultant had previously recommended delaying the trial until 2021, when new cars might be added to the system, allowing older cars to be modified to accommodate bikes. […]

The South Shore Line Expects You to Wait Six Years for Bike Access

By Steven Vance | Jun 22, 2015 | 8 Comments

Update: NICTD responded to our request for comment after publication and we will post a follow up story on Tuesday. Eager to bring your bike on a South Shore Line train to visit Notre Dame University, commute from Northwest Indiana to Chicago, or take a spin around the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore? You may well be […]

CTA: Belmont Bypass Necessary to Accommodate Current and Future Riders

By Steven Vance | May 21, 2015 | 49 Comments

The Chicago Transit Authority published on Tuesday its federally mandated environmental assessment for the Red-Purple Bypass project, better known as the Belmont flyover. The bypass is part of the Red-Purple Modernization project, which will rebuild all of the tracks from Belmont to Linden station in Wilmette, and reconstruct several stations to add elevators and other amenities. This bypass would […]

Mega Mall Developer Adds Housing, Reduces Number of Car Parking Spots

By Steven Vance | May 5, 2015 | 16 Comments

The company that’s redeveloping the Discount Mega Mall site in Logan Square has released a reworked proposal that adds much needed housing and dials back the number of car parking spaces, which makes the project a better fit for the walkable, transit accessible neighborhood. Terraco Real Estate and 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack are hosting a public […]

City Has 83 Miles of Better Bike Lanes, Will Surpass 100 Mile Goal in 2015

By Anne Alt | Dec 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation has nearly reached Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-ballyhooed goal of building 100 miles of buffered or protected bike lanes during his first term. CDOT staff at last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting said that they’ve striped 83 miles of the better bike lanes so far, and plan to surpass the […]

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