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CMAP will update North DuSable Lake Shore Drive project language after receiving more than 1,800 comments
The agency will revise outdated language in Appendix E of its regional transportation plan, but North DuSable Lake Shore Drive will remain positioned to compete for future funding.
August 10, 2026
You can still help shape DuSable Lake Shore Drive’s future. Here are two ways to weigh in.
July 29, 2026
A small victory: At Friday’s CMAP meeting on DLSD, staff said the Illinois and Chicago transportation departments are going back to the drawing board
Update 6/3/26, 4:30 PM: (For background on this topic, read the article in standard text below the new section in italics.)
May 27, 2026
Speak Up This Friday: How to Help Stop the DLSD Highway Plan Before It Moves Forward
Tell CMAP to not approve the current Redefine the Drive highway-forward model as proposed. Give public comment at 11am in person or Zoom. Alternatively, send an email to info[at]cmap[dot]illinois[dot]gov by Thursday, April 23rd at 5pm. More details below.
April 23, 2026
Friday’s CMAP meeting could lock in a lakefront walled off by an 8-lane highway. Here’s how to comment.
By Ellen Steinke
February 26, 2026
The future of DLSD is unwritten. But Active Trans’ Bike the Drive once again showcased the virtues of making our shoreline people-friendly
Streetsblog also talked to Envision Unlimited about its adaptive cycling program, which empowered people with special needs to enjoy riding on a car-free DLSD.
September 2, 2025
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.
September 13, 2024
Three recent stages of emotion over IDOT’s insistence on keeping North DLSD car-centric
Streetsblog Chicago readers are familiar with how last month sustainable transportation and environmental advocates joined forces with 14 forward-thinking alders. They called on the Chicago and Illinois transportation departments to halt plans to simply rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as an eight-lane highway, and instead make the lakefront more walk/bike/transit-friendly.
July 24, 2024
Renderings of Redefine the Drive an ambitious vision for improving public space
Drawings of potential changes were posted on the Redefine the Drive website, many which are various views of a dramatically transformed Oak Street beach and new green space.
March 31, 2023
