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Advocates: Let’s Shift Focus From Pushing Bike Helmets to Preventing Crashes
Biking on Clark Street in Andersonville last week. Photo: John Greenfield [Last year the Chicago Reader launched a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield....
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Tweets Spur CDOT to Shut Down Illegal Construction in Dearborn Bike Lane
The construction work blocked the Dearborn bike lane as well as a crosswalk. Photo Kevin Zolkewicz Yesterday Twitter users notified the Chicago Department of Transportation about an unpermitted closure...
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CDOT Has a Full Plate of New and Upgraded Bike Lane Infrastructure
CDOT is working on a new design for the intersection of Cortland Street and Marshfield Avenue near the eastern entrance to the Bloomingdale Trail. During last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council...
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What Would Replacing the Thompson Center With a Skyscraper Mean for the CTA?
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.] Last month,...
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The Navy Pier Flyover Is Taking Longer to Complete Than the Golden Gate Bridge
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate a portion of the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.]...
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The Devon Streetscape Makes Walking in “Little India” Safer and More Pleasant
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.] A visit to the...
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Now That Rockford Has Dockless, When Will The Technology Come to Chicago?
After months of radio silence about whether Chicago will let dockless bike-share come to town, last week city officials finally confirmed that they met with vendors and are considering launching a...
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City Should Raise Priority of Using Damen Green Line Station to Prime Good...
When I first saw the design for the new Green Line station at Damen Avenue on the Lake Street branch, I became worried that the station didn’t have an entrance providing access to the westbound...
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Blizzard of DOT: Transpo Officials Provide Deets on Bike Lane Plowing Protocols
Chicago bus and car commuters generally gave positive reviews to the city’s response to last week’s early-morning, 8.3-inch snowfall — travel lanes on main arterials were clear a few hours into the...
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CDOT Assures Us They’re Not Seeking Federal Funding for the O’Hare Express
On Friday we reported that the Chicago Department of Transportation, the city’s lead agency working with Elon Musk on his O’Hare Express proposal, has asked the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning...
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Emails: CDOT trucker injured SAFE Ambassador on bike, but she was home the...
Update 10/1/20, 1:45 PM: Seth Solomonow responded to Streetsblog with an explanation of why he was involved with CDOT’s messaging in the wake of the Whitney Warner crash, although he doesn’t actually...
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Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club...
Recently the Chicago Department of Transportation did a safe streets project on Jackson Boulevard in the Austin neighborhood’s Columbus Park. It converted the half-mile-long, four-lane, high-speed road...
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CDOT Has a Full Plate of New and Upgraded Bike Lane Infrastructure
CDOT is working on a new design for the intersection of Cortland Street and Marshfield Avenue near the eastern entrance to the Bloomingdale Trail. During last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council...
View ArticleWhat Would Replacing the Thompson Center With a Skyscraper Mean for the CTA?
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.] Last month,...
View ArticleThe Navy Pier Flyover Is Taking Longer to Complete Than the Golden Gate Bridge
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate a portion of the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.]...
View ArticleThe Devon Streetscape Makes Walking in “Little India” Safer and More Pleasant
[The Chicago Reader publishes a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. We syndicate the column on Streetsblog after it comes out online.] A visit to the...
View ArticleNow That Rockford Has Dockless, When Will The Technology Come to Chicago?
After months of radio silence about whether Chicago will let dockless bike-share come to town, last week city officials finally confirmed that they met with vendors and are considering launching a...
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City Should Raise Priority of Using Damen Green Line Station to Prime Good...
When I first saw the design for the new Green Line station at Damen Avenue on the Lake Street branch, I became worried that the station didn’t have an entrance providing access to the westbound...
View ArticleBlizzard of DOT: Transpo Officials Provide Deets on Bike Lane Plowing Protocols
Chicago bus and car commuters generally gave positive reviews to the city’s response to last week’s early-morning, 8.3-inch snowfall — travel lanes on main arterials were clear a few hours into the...
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CDOT Assures Us They’re Not Seeking Federal Funding for the O’Hare Express
On Friday we reported that the Chicago Department of Transportation, the city’s lead agency working with Elon Musk on his O’Hare Express proposal, has asked the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for...
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