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Lawrence viaduct tent fire is one more sign Chicago needs to house our homeless
From more people experiencing homelessness sleeping on 'L' trains, to an increasing number of tents in viaducts, housed Chicagoans are seeing constant reminders of the city's failure to take care of our most vulnerable residents.
March 23, 2022
Use the Wilson Bridge Closure as an Excuse to Try Out These East-West Mellow Routes
Try these low-stress alternatives to Wilson devised just for Streetsblog Chicago readers.
October 1, 2018
An Epidemic of Bike Crashes; Bad Trail Design May Have Caused One of Them
It’s been an awful two weeks for bike collisions in northeast Illinois. On Tuesday of last week, a 29-year-old woman was struck and injured on her bicycle at Jackson and Homan, by a police officer who witnesses say ran a red light without using lights or sirens. That Wednesday bike courier Blaine Klingenberg was fatally struck by a tour bus driver at Oak and Michigan, the first Chicago bike fatality of 2016
June 24, 2016