Tom Tunney

City officials should be asking, "What can we do to *make* the stretch of Belmont between Clark and the lakefront safe and pleasant to ride on?"

"Unless we demonstrate to our leaders that the community values safe streets over driver convenience, this could be the last year of Shared Streets in Chicago."

Surely we shouldn't have to wait that long after a senior is killed for the city to fix an intersection. And it would be far better to make safety upgrades to pedestrian crossings before tragedy strikes.

Despite his redeeming qualities, Hansen will be remembered as Chicago's second-least-bike-friendly alderman named Bernard.

The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.

The latest proposals presented at a community meeting included changes to the Belmont and Irving Park Junctions.

The Home Zone was originally supposed to extend to 63rd, but instead it will stop at Cermak.

Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.

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