John Greenfield
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes the transportation column for the Chicago Reader weekly paper. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and 'L' train.
Recent Posts
La Spata’s resolution turns up heat on CDOT, Divvy to address pricing equity issues
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Divvy is a fantastic sustainable transportation system, but it's not only crucial that it stays solvent, it also needs to be accessible to Chicagoans in all parts of the city, from all walks of life.
Driver destroys Ainslie Art Plaza, 10 more POP! Plazas across the city announced
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There's been some bad news and some good news about pedestrian plazas in Chicago this week. Let's take a look at these developments.
Lawrence Ware, 52, killed in West Garfield, is 2nd Chicago hit-and-run ped fatality in 3 days
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The victim was the 20th person killed while walking on Chicago streets this year.
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Octavio Bahena Urquiza, 38, in Hermosa
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Urquiza was the 19th pedestrian killed on Chicago Streets this year
Lightfoot’s ex-deputy mayor of public security to John Kass: I pack heat on the CTA
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This post also includes a discussion of Kass' history of writing anti-bike columns in the Chicago Tribune, plus his recent move to Indiana.
What’s up with the massive field of Divvy bikes sitting in a West Town vacant lot?
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According to a bike-share official, some bikes are awaiting parts like computer chips that have been delayed as part of the global supply shortages that is impacting many industries.
Chicagoland’s car-centric transportation system kills another kid on a bike, Zain Jaber
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This case wasn't an accident. It was the predictable outcome of street design that prioritizes the convenience of drivers over the safety of vulnerable road users.
Google is taking over the Thompson Center. What does that mean for transit access?
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Here's hoping that the transit-loving folks at Google will help ensure that the Thompson Center becomes an even better place to catch a train.
Education, infrastructure, and holding drivers accountable > bike helmets for cyclist safety
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Stopping drivers from killing cyclists shouldn't be a matter of good fortune and a couple inches of Styrofoam and plastic. We need education, infrastructure, and laws to prevent crashes from happening in the first place.
Yup, ex-Vox editor Matthew Yglesias is wrong that Chicago is doomed – here’s why.
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Still, to prove him wrong, we need to get serious about tackling our present public safety, housing, transportation, and environmental challenges.
Alderperson LaSpata provides an update on efforts to improve bike lane enforcement
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While the much-desired ability for bike riders to hold blockers accountable isn't a thing yet, it could be in the foreseeable future.
Traffic safety advocates helped defeat ordinance to allow deadly speeds near parks and schools
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Now that Beale's ordinance has been defeated, there's more work to be done to make Chicago's speed camera program, and traffic safety strategies in general, more equitable and effective.