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Never mind the “Archer Guardians” NIMBYs – here’s proof that yesterday wasn’t “too cold for bikers” on Archer Avenue
Check out the Gage Park Cyclists Facebook group here.
January 27, 2026
The tragic death of Maria Ochoa, 88, is more evidence that traffic calming and a road diet are badly needed to protect seniors and others on Archer
Recently, a reckless driver caused a car crash that killed beloved great-grandmother Maria Ochoa, 88, while she was out on a walk in Chicago's Garfield Ridge. Her family members and neighbors are demanding that the City make safety improvements to help prevent future traffic violence in the area.
June 7, 2025
Anatomy of a bike crash: Why did today’s collision at Addison/Drake happen?
A teenage girl on a bike collided with a driver, apparently because she was understandably afraid to ride in a four-lane street. What should we do about that?
August 22, 2022
Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage
In reality plenty of people are benefitting from the project. And emails show CDOT agreed with us that Block Club's coverage, which asserted that the road diet is "causing traffic jams" despite the data, was absurd.
May 9, 2022
Block Club’s car-centric take on “horrible” Austin bike lanes contains a kernel of truth
Yes, the article was sensationalistic and inaccurate, and didn't quote anyone in the neighborhood who rides bikes. But when it comes to effective community input in POC neighborhoods, it had a point.
April 13, 2022
IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.
IDOT wants to strip parking on a short stretch of Busse Highway in Park Ridge to make way for bike lanes. Residents are pushing back. But a 4-to-3 conversion would be a better strategy.
October 19, 2021
Road diet, bike lanes finally implemented near deadly Logan/Western intersection
Riding on Logan all the way from the east side of Milwaukee Avenue to Western Avenue in relative safety is "a truly liberating experience."
October 3, 2021
Illinois traffic deaths were at a 5-year high in 2020. Here’s how to address the problem.
We must stop accepting death as the cost of mobility on our auto-dominated transportation system.
September 29, 2021
Jackson Park Watch Opposes Plan for Pedestrianization, Road Diet on Cornell
The group's concern that a "four-to-three conversion" road diet on the stretch of Cornell between 57th and 59th will create carmaggedon is misguided.
March 2, 2018
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes and Mid-Block Crossing on Harrison by UIC
The Chicago Department of Transportation recently installed new buffered bike lanes on a 0.75-mile stretch of Harrison between Halsted and Loomis next to UIC and Little Italy as part of a water main project.
May 17, 2017
