Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about video

Transit-Oriented Development Around Metra Isn’t Always About “Density”

By Steven Vance | Mar 21, 2014 | 24 Comments

The Chicago Department of Planning and Development wants to dispel the notion that “transit-oriented development” only means high-rises. The agency will host two public meetings to gather ideas from residents who live near the city’s 77 Metra stations on the kinds of development and station changes they’d like to see in their neighborhoods. The meetings are part […]

Girls Bike Club Gets Ready For the Spotlight at Youth Bike Summit

By Steven Vance | Feb 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

Girls Bike Club, a youth group and after school program at West Town Bikes in Humboldt Park, is gearing up for an expanded role at the Youth Bike Summit in New York City on February 14. Girls Bike Club has about six core members and meets every Wednesday to organize upcoming bike rides or garden […]

Speeding Collisions “Much More Deadly Than Other Collisions”

By Steven Vance | Dec 20, 2013 | 14 Comments

Washington, DC, has the same “vision zero” goal to eliminate traffic deaths as Chicago. In this new public service announcement, DC police chief Cathy Lanier says, “High speed collisions are much more deadly than other collisions.” Exactly. When you compare the severity of injuries that pedestrians suffer in speeding-related crashes to non-speeding crashes, you see what […]

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Riding the Bike-Share Boom

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

Without a doubt, 2013 has been a banner year for bike-share in the United States. Major systems were implemented in New York City and Chicago, and many others debuted or expanded in other cities. In fact, Citi Bike users have biked over 10 million miles and the system is closing in on 100,000 annual members! The Institute for Transportation & Development […]

Construction Makes Milwaukee Bike Lanes An Obstacle Course

By Steven Vance | Nov 22, 2013 | 15 Comments

Responding to a query today from Streetsblog Chicago about abysmal conditions for cyclists on Milwaukee Avenue, transportation commissioner Gabe Klein says he has asked a deputy commissioner to work with the Department of Water Management “to put a better traffic management plan in place for cyclists ASAP.” Deputy commissioner Pat Harney said he is “talking […]

Troubling Lack of Compassion for Endangered Divvy Rider on Lake Shore Drive

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2013 | 88 Comments

What would you do if you were driving northbound on Lake Shore Drive near Ohio Street and pulled up on a young woman riding a Divvy bike by the median of the high-speed highway, obviously lost and terrified? I’d like to think most of us would slow down, roll down the window, ask the woman […]

Eyes on the Street: Mariano’s Contractor Creates Pedestrian Hazard

By Steven Vance | Nov 7, 2013 | 15 Comments

Each day, 2,000 people use the Ravenswood Metra station, according to riderships statistics, and hundreds of these passengers are being inconvenienced and endangered because of a construction project — but they don’t need to be. Since October 24, during the evening rush when trains run most frequently, hundreds of passengers disembark the UP-North line at […]

Viral Hit-and-Run Videos Are Rare, But Fleeing the Scene Is All Too Common

By Steven Vance | Nov 6, 2013 | 2 Comments

By now you may have already seen this viral video of the world’s most incompetent hit-and-run driver. After colliding with a taxi, the offending motorist performed something like an 11-point turn in an attempt to flee the scene, but traffic congestion on this part of Belmont Avenue, between Southport and Greenview, stalled the getaway. The driver […]

At Memorial for Bobby Cann, Word That IDOT Will Allow Protected Bike Lane

By Steven Vance | Oct 25, 2013 | 2 Comments

More than 75 people stood at Clybourn Avenue and Larrabee Street this afternoon to see the unveiling of Honorary Bobby Cann Way. Cann was riding his bike near the site on May 29, when he was struck and killed by Ryne San Hamel, driving drunk with a BAC of 0.127. This section of Clybourn is ideal for […]

Bike Index Sets Out to Create Universal Registry to Fight Bike Theft

By Steven Vance | Sep 20, 2013 | 8 Comments

Bike theft is a problem in Chicago. The Chicago Stolen Bike Registry has received 98 stolen bike reports already this month. That’s at least 98 people who need to get a new ride to work or school. The Chicago Police Department accepts reports of bike theft but doesn’t track them, so we don’t have more reliable stats […]

IDOT Truck Driver Injured Pregnant Divvy Rider on Augusta Last Week

By Steven Vance | Sep 12, 2013 | 12 Comments

An Illinois Department of Transportation employee driving a Ford pickup truck struck a pregnant Divvy rider at around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3, at the intersection of Augusta Boulevard and Ashland Avenue. The 34-year-old victim, who was riding from East Village to work on Michigan Avenue, sustained injuries to her face and body; her pregnancy […]

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