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CDOT Strategic Plan update touts new infra. We still have far to go to achieve safe streets.
Despite the plan's goal to "Reduce dangerous driving on Chicago’s streets," never has the city felt further from Vision Zero.
December 30, 2022
The new larger Sundays on State car-free fest is awesome. Here’s how it could be even better.
The city could improve Sundays on State further by rerouting traffic around the entire length of the event, as is the case with most street fairs in Chicago.
August 10, 2022
Chicago Loop Alliance announces the return of Sundays on State events
Chicago Loop Alliance announced plans for the year ahead, including the return of popular public programming like Sundays on State and the revival of pre-pandemic alley-arts project ACTIVATE.
March 29, 2022
Loop pedestrian, transit counts slowly returning to normal, but parking is still way up
The announcement at the top of this month’s recovery report from the Chicago Loop Alliance, which tracks pedestrian levels, transportation use and office and hotel occupancy, is a gradual return of life downtown. The Loop Alliance’s eighteen pedestrian counters situated along State Street from Wacker to Ida B. Wells logged over one million people per week on the street for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
August 16, 2021
Eyes on the street: Despite the rain, plenty of people attended the first Sundays on State
The weather and a lack of music created a somewhat subdued vibe, but sunshine and warmer temperature should make the event more vibrant in the future.
July 13, 2021
Loop Alliance releases details on first Sundays on State
The Chicago Loop Alliance released details on activities Sundays on State attendees will experience.
June 23, 2021
Car-free Sundays on State events will run through the summer, starting July 11
Chicago has a rare opportunity to reimagine Loop streets as a vital space for community gathering, rather than just corridors to move motor vehicles through.
May 3, 2021