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Eyes on the Street: The basically completed Granville Greenway has likely reduced car traffic, increased sustainable transportation use
October 7, 2025
A driver fatally struck Juslene Akeza, 4, at Granville. The greenway’s design was irrelevant to their failure to brake in time to avoid tragedy.
Tragically, a 72-year-old minivan driver fatally struck Juslene Akeza, 4, as she was crossing the street last Wednesday during the evening rush in the West Ridge neighborhood. The motorist was cited for negligent driving.
October 6, 2025
A Valentine’s Day gift for livable streets: CDOT will move forward with safety plan for Granville, currently a crash-prone “cut-through”
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.
February 14, 2025
Let’s debunk Edgewater Glen Association’s scary post claiming the Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project would “cause chaos”
Update 2/12/25, 1:30 PM: The Chicago Department of Transportation will host another public meeting on this project Thursday, February 13, 6-7 p.m. on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/granville2025.
February 6, 2025
Huge turnout for Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project meeting to hear CDOT’s proposal to change the road from a “cut-through” to a safer street
The department proposes adding traffic calming infrastructure, one-way segments, and contraflow bike lanes on the nearly three-mile, two-way side street, where speeding and crashes are common.
October 16, 2024
When it comes to following the basic rules of journalism, Inside Publications’ anti-bike editor is a Roenigk-ade
Ronald Roenigk's articles are often inflammatory and misleading. And even if he knows he got the facts wrong, he may not run a correction.
September 24, 2024
Hit-and-run pickup driver fatally struck James Reed Tillman, 67, in Rogers Park
Tragically, last Saturday night in Chicago's Rogers Park community, a pickup truck driver struck and killed 67-year-old pedestrian James Reed Tillman, and then fled the scene. Police eventually located the vehicle and made an arrest, but currently no one is in custody for the crime.
August 22, 2024
Who’s to blame for the killing of a man on the sidewalk after two drivers crashed in West Ridge?
The police statement and crash report provide different accounts of which driver should have yielded, but a 6-lane street layout may have also played a role in the tragedy.
September 19, 2023
Far North Side (wards 48, 49, and 50) candidates talk transportation
As part of our 2023 Election Coverage, Streetsblog Chicago sent a questionnaire out to every candidate running for alderperson.
February 14, 2023
