Driver Fatally Struck Cyclist Raul Ortiz-Gomez, 41, in West Town
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Ortiz-Gomez was the second bicyclist killed on Chicago streets in 2018.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about West Town
Black Residents: Private Guards Would Make Ukrainian Village Less Safe for Walking
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A white resident has proposed hiring a security patrol, financed by neighbors, in response to a spike in crime. But people of color argue that this could make them the target of racial profiling.
Right Now It’s More Important to Install Bus Lanes on Chicago Avenue Than Bike Lanes
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The new West Town Master Plan, commissioned by the West Town Chamber of Commerce and Special Service Area #29, floats the idea of converting two of the four mixed-traffic lanes on Chicago Avenue in the neighborhood to buffered bike lanes. While that’s a forward-thing idea, it would actually make sense to use that extra right-of-way […]
100 People Honored Lisa Kuivinen at Ghost Bike Installation Ceremony
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Nearly 100 family members, friends, and members of the cycling community turned out on Saturday to honor art student Lisa Kuivinen with a “ghost bike” installation ceremony at the site where Lisa was fatally struck last month. Ghost bikes are white-painted bicycles locked at crash sites to memorialize victims and raise awareness of the need for safer […]
Developer Proposes Better Active Transportation Access for Goose Island
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Property developer Zack Cupkovic said he didn’t really discover Goose Island until four years ago, even though he grew up in the nearby Lakeview neighborhood. The man-made island was created in 1857, when the North Branch canal was completed on the east side of the land mass, separating it from the mainland. When you drive across […]
Recent Chicago Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities
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Man Fleeing Police Fatally Strikes 13-Month-Old Boy in Stroller Dillan Harris, a 13-month-old boy who was sitting in a stroller, was run over and killed by a driver who was being chased by police in the wake of a gunshot murder, prosecutors said. On Saturday, July 11, at around 1:40 p.m., an off-duty police officer […]
Parking-Lite Residences Sprouting All Across Chicago
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The resurgent downtown economy and the growing demand for car-lite living, both in Chicago and nationally, have spurred an apartment-building boom that’s transforming neighborhoods citywide. Many of these apartments are rising along the Chicago Transit Authority’s rail lines, partially thanks to a recent change to the city’s zoning ordinance that has made it easier to […]
Proposed River West Towers Would Be Better With Even Less Parking
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Security Properties from Seattle recently received Plan Commission approval to build 14- and 15-story buildings on the site of the Gonnella bakery at 1001 W. Chicago Avenue, near the busy intersection with Milwaukee and Ogden avenues and the Blue Line’s Chicago stop. 363 apartments and 35,000 square feet of retail would fill the two towers, helping […]
Get a Leg Up: Steven and Friends Install the Nation’s First Bicycle Footrest
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A video of Ryan Lakes using the footrest. Streetsblog Chicago writer Steven Vance doesn’t just report on transportation news — sometimes he makes it. Case in point is the city’s newest cycling amenity, a bike footrest and handrail that Steven and his friend Ryan Lakes recently installed at the southeast corner of Milwaukee and Ogden, […]