Can Chicago Become a 15 Minute City?
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What if every Chicagoan lived within a 15-minute walk or bike ride of grocery stores, parks, cafes, sports facilities, health centers, and workplaces?
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Rogers Park
Let’s make some Rogers Park side streets safer by eliminating vehicular through traffic
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The neighborhood greenway route on Glenwood and Greenway is a good start, but let's take it to the level by creating a car-lite, bike- and pedestrian-priority corridor.
It’s a shame Car2go is leaving Chicago, but here are other ideas to reduce car ownership
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An all-electric, free-floating, equity-minded car-share service like Blue LA would be a great replacement. But we should also focus on improving transit and biking so that people rarely need to drive at all.
Folks Want to be Able to Bike Safely on Rogers Park Side Street
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With a new Alderwoman for the 49th Ward, there’s hope biking infrastructure in the 49th Ward can be improved. Maria Hadden was elected to represent the Rogers Park community area over incumbent Joe Moore and started the job on May 20th, along with 11 other new alders. Three weeks ago I organized an event called […]
Until Buses Get Priority, Living in a “Transit-Rich” Neighborhood Only Goes So Far
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Living in a neighborhood with lots of bus service is of limited use if the buses get stuck in traffic generated by drivers. That's why we need bus-only lanes and other time-saving strategies.
Support The Recyclery’s Bike Ed Programs at “Tailwind for Tools” Party This Sunday
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The shindig features an "Alley Kitten Race," a photo booth, DIY screen printing, live music, and family-friendly activities.
Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Jesse Rodriguez, 67, Near North Shore Channel Trail
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Chicago has already seen more bike fatalities in 2018 and that the full-year averages for 2012-2016.
Details on the Chill New Way to Bike to Evanston
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Among the 20 new miles of bikeways the Chicago Department of Transportation has planned for 2018, one of the most useful new routes will be the Rogers Park Greenway. It will extend the popular Glenwood Greenway in Uptown and Edgewater by a couple of miles miles and create a low-stress way to visit Evanston, our […]
Don’t You Forget About Me: Lots of Changes Proposed to North Shore Bus Service
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The North Shore Coordination Plan could be a mixed bag.
During Greenway Meeting, Osterman Proposes Seminars on Sharing the Road
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Thirty people gathered at the the Rivendell Theatre in Edgewater on Saturday morning to discuss the treatments currently being added to a short stretch of Glenwood Avenue to create a pedestrian- and bike-friendly “neighborhood greenway.” These changes include a new contraflow bike lane and signage that will calm traffic and facilitate two-way bike traffic on this […]
After Driver Injures Senior at Devon/Greenview, City May Fix Intersection
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On Wednesday at around 4 p.m. a motorist struck and injured an elderly woman at the intersection of Devon and Greenview, on the border between Edgewater and Rogers Park. The woman who was struck is 70 years old and she was taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, according to Officer Kevin Quaid from […]