Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Beyond Chicagoland

Adding more diverse voices would strengthen the Illinois Bike Summit

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

It would be great to see more people of color, as well as cyclists with disabilities, share their experiences of biking and what they’d like to see done to make our streets safer for them.

Rendering of the planned bike bridge across Lake Calumet to Big Marsh bike park.

Illinois Bike Summit included updates on projects in Logan, Big Marsh, downstate

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

The Illinois Bike Summit, an annual gathering of bike planners, advocates, shop owners, and enthusiasts, took place virtually Tuesday with the theme of infrastructure, education and inclusion.

A plastic curb-protected bike lane in Lima, Peru. Photo: John Greenfield

Let’s install cheap, quick plastic curb-protected bike lanes all over Chicago

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2020 | No Comments

An upcoming bikeway project in Logan Square will demonstrate this fairly cheap, quick, flexible, and effective approach to installing protected lanes that should be repeated across the city.

An unofficial Trump campaign bus. Image: CBS17.com

That’ll play in Peoria: Trump’s Illinois transit funding tweet is stale news

By John Greenfield | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

While Trump's transit tweet was relatively inoffensive and truthful, compared to his usual depressingly low bar, it wasn't actually saying anything new.

COVID-19 has a large impact on small transit agencies

By Igor Studenkov | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

How an outbreak of coronavirus among Michigan City, Indiana, bus drivers hobbled local transit service.

A Streets Calling ride. Photo: Genius Media Company

Introducing Streets Calling, a new bike group for Black Chicagoans

By Courtney Cobbs | Aug 4, 2020 | No Comments

Their rides have been drawing dozens or even hundreds of participants, but so far they've kept a low profile in the larger bike community.

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