Courtney Cobbs
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A back door deal: Land transfer to facilitate driving to O’Hare from west is a bad investment
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Government officials just can’t seem to think outside the automotive box and create quality sustainable transportation alternatives.
Broadway visioning process: Residents, not developers, should plan the corridor’s future
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Last weekend, 48th Ward stakeholders came together for a visioning session to determine the future of Broadway from Ainslie Street (4900 N.) to Devon Avenue (6400 N.)
Lightfoot’s “Chicago Moves” would give gas or transit cash to eligible Chicagoans this spring and summer
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The disparity between how much Lightfoot is proposing to spend to subsidize driving over transit is perplexing.
Chicago announces plans for new trails but is that the right path?
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Yesterday, Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner, Gia Biagi, announced in a speech to the City Club of Chicago a new "vision" for trails and parks within the city.
Hardware store owner blames bike lanes, not his own lack of business savvy, for falling sales
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Given the lack of evidence in this article it would be a poor conclusion to draw but I'm afraid lots of people will make it and Chicago will continue to overall lag when it comes to safe bike lanes.
95th Station shooting by CTA employee shouldn’t lead to more armed security
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A violent incident involving a CTA employee should not be used as justification for more armed security on the CTA.
Driver injuring girl and woman in Andersonville highlights need to make Ashland more ped-friendly
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Andersonville is a relatively pedestrian-friendly area of the Far North Side but Ashland throws a wrench in that designation.
Congressional reps to JB: Road expansion won’t solve traffic jams, will make inequities worse
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"Highway expansion fails to achieve long-term congestion relief but instead increases pollution and further isolates people who can’t afford or aren’t physically able to drive."
New York City’s plan to bolster bike lanes with concrete could leave Chicago in the dust
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New York City has promised to add concrete barriers to their bike lanes that are currently delineated with paint and plastic posts. Chicago should follow.
Consensus reached on plan to make Glenwood in Rogers Park safer by converting it to one-way
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The plan to convert this half-mile stretch, part of the Glenwood-Greenview Greenway bike route connecting Uptown and Evanston, already had the blessing of the Chicago Department of Transportation.
City Bureau zine seeks to educate Chicagoans about community benefit agreements
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Bronzeville-based media lab City Bureau recently released a zine that seeks to educate Chicago residents on community benefit agreements.
Skokie’s Crawford bike lanes, passing by 5-lane intersections, won’t be low-stress
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Skokie aims to be more appealing for cyclists. But a proposed redesign of Crawford Avenue misses the mark in terms of a design that will meaningfully grow the number of people traveling by bike.