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San Francisco is ordering residents to “shelter in place.” All major cities should do that.
It's probably only a matter of time before Chicago does the same thing, and all other big cities should follow suit.
March 16, 2020
If you need to ride transit during the pandemic, do it. If you don’t, avoid it.
If you don't need to use public transportation during the pandemic, do the right thing and avoid riding it, which will make conditions safer for those who have no other option.
March 16, 2020
A silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic: more walking, biking, and telecommuting
Hopefully a few months from now the pandemic will be behind us, but the positive trends of more people walking and biking to work or telecommuting will be a permanent thing.
March 13, 2020
How not to be a garbage person when you’re driving
Driving isn’t like a video game. It is part of our lives, part of the legacy we leave as people.
March 10, 2020
Main finding of Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot: “We need to do another pilot”
The study also found there were 192 reported scooter injuries in four months, and 34 percent of online survey respondents said they used the devices to go to or from transit.
January 29, 2020
The death of Angie Monroy was a reminder that gun violence is a mobility justice issue
As transit and mobility advocates, we need to talk more openly about violence on our streets and how it intersects with our work.
December 17, 2019
If Illinois bans red light cameras, Springfield lawmakers will have blood on their hands
Bills have been introduced in Springfield to ban the cams statewide, but data from cities that have banned automated enforcement show significant increases in serious and fatal crashes.
October 18, 2019
What Can We Do to Make Dockless Electric Scooters Safer?
Rentable dockless electric scooters have about nine times the fatality rate of bike-share.
August 30, 2019
Cyclephobia: Fears of Reckless Bike Riders May Be Overblown, but Empathy Is Still Needed
Reckless driving is an exponentially bigger threat, but a person with a disability's stories of being struck by sidewalk riders is a reminder that bike-pedestrian crashes are no laughing matter either.
August 8, 2019
My Experiences Test-Riding Scooters in Chicago
Streetsblog reporter Lynda Lopez gives the new technology a spin and says smoother-riding devices, and more education and outreach are needed.
July 8, 2019
