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After success of Leland Slow Street, Alderman Rosa seeks input on Palmer
Most of the area of the 35th Ward that the Slow Street would pass through is majority-Latinx and has been hard hit by COVID-19. "This makes bilingual outreach critical."
June 9, 2020
6 streets will be pedestrianized for cafes, and the Leland Slow Street opens
Neighborhoods from Chatham to Lakeview will be getting cafe zones, and the Leland Slow Street is a hit with families and other residents.
May 29, 2020
Oakland’s Warren Logan on pursuing racial equity within a mobility framework
Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor's office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch "Slow Streets," has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19.
May 28, 2020
Starting Friday, Leland Shared Street will provide a safe COVID-19 transportation corridor
It took more than two months of pushing by advocates, but Chicago is finally implementing Slow Streets as a COVID-19 response.
May 27, 2020
CDOT: Cortland, Glenwood, Palmer, Leland will be “Shared streets for physical distancing”
After more than two months of advocacy by Streetsblog, it looks like Chicago is finally going to open streets for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation.
May 26, 2020
Eyes on the street: Families take advantage of Humboldt Park’s car-free ring road
Imagine what it would be like if residents could walk, jog, and bike with young children on streets all over the city, with plenty of room for safety.
May 22, 2020
How do we make sure that open streets are truly open for everyone?
A discussion hosted by The Untokening collective looked at why over-policing and other social justice issues must be
considered when planning walk/bike interventions during the pandemic.
May 20, 2020
Alderman Martin is putting out feelers about doing open streets interventions in Lincoln Square
"We want to make sure that as people are spending more time outside, we are adjusting infrastructure accordingly."
May 18, 2020
How Montreal, Milan, and D.C. have made more space for walk/bike/transit during COVID
While Chicago has been shutting down trails, other cities have been using innovative strategies to make room for socially-distanced transportation and physical activity.
May 15, 2020
Better Streets Chicago is a new advocacy group with a pro-open streets agenda
"We’ve been disappointed by the city's failure to take seriously the needs of Chicagoans get where they need to go while maintaining a safe distance from each other and from cars."
May 14, 2020
