Rebekah Scheinfeld

Update 6/8/18, 12:30 PM: The city's dockless bike-share permit requirements state, "Vendors are required to submit data to the City’s Department of Transportation... on the 1st of every month, starting on June 1."  However, Dave Reed, the expansion manager for Zagster, which owns Pace, noted that per the city's more recent instructions to vendors, the first round of data for all vendors is to be submitted by June 11.

There were 18 pedestrian deaths this year as of April 30 -- a 45 percent increase over the previous five years.

In particular, the number of people in cars who died in Chicago crashes spiked dramatically, from 63 in 2016 to 80 in 2017 -- a 27 percent increase. 

In the wake of calls for more Black and Brown ownership of the crash prevention program, officials discussed the department's outreach efforts.

At a City Club of Chicago event yesterday Emanuel, Carter, and Scheinfeld touted the administration’s transportation achievements and gave a preview of upcoming projects.

This year Chicago had seen 27 pedestrian fatalities as of July 31 -- a 30 percent increase over the recent average for this time of year.

The five-way intersection of Belmont, Western, and Clybourn, as well as the stretch of Western between the Chicago River and Lane Tech High, is friendlier to pedestrians and a lot less gloomy thanks to the just-completed project to remove the nearly 60-year-old Riverview flyover. However, the street makeover missed some opportunities to make the corridor safer and more accessible to all road users, maintaining the overwhelmingly car-centric nature of the corridor.

This morning’s dismal weather didn’t seem to dampen people’s spirits at the annual Bike to Work Rally, the traditional kickoff for Chicago's Bike Week.  The highlight of the event was a rain-soaked live rendition of youth education center Blackstone Bicycle Works’ awesome new Rhymefest-produced safety video “Stay in Your Lane,” featuring kids holding up colorful cardboard cutouts of bike wheels and cycles. Check out a video of the performance here, shot by the Active Transportation Alliance's Melody Geraci.

Chicago is finally getting moving on the crucial mission of reducing the carnage on our streets, where dozens of people are injured in crashes every day.