Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about public meeting

IDOT Asks Road Builders to Pack Room at Circle Interchange Hearing

By Steven Vance | Jun 27, 2013 | 72 Comments

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a meeting tonight to present adjustments to the $475 million Circle Interchange project. The project, justified as way to increase automobile speeds and reduce congestion-related delays and crashes, will still have an ugly flyover over Halsted Street and at eye level of many residents in a nearby apartment building. […]

In 15 Days, Divvy Bike-Share Sold 1,300 Annual Memberships

By Steven Vance | Jun 14, 2013 | 25 Comments

Two of the major topics of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday were bike-share and the Dearborn Street bike lane. Divvy bike-share was supposed to launch with 40 stations today during the Bike To Work Day Rally, but on Tuesday, the company announced that the system would launch on June 28 with 75 […]

Tomorrow’s the Last Day to Comment on IDOT’s Circle Interchange Expansion

By Steven Vance | Apr 16, 2013 | 5 Comments

Tomorrow is the final day to enter a comment into public record about the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Circle Interchange expansion project. Here’s a quick rundown of what can realistically be influenced at this point: It goes without saying that the project’s elevated highway ramps, or flyovers, will be an aesthetic blight and a detriment […]