Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Chicago Suburbs

Gas giveaways harm people. We shouldn’t let rich politicians like Willie Wilson do them.

By John Greenfield | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

Gas giveaways don't just benefit some residents while ignoring others. They negatively impact vulnerable people by slowing down buses and creating more emissions.

Driver entrance to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Image: Google Maps

New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

For a supposedly environmental-minded organization to do that can only be described as hypocritical and perverse.

Catching a bus from the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line station to the Altgeld Gardens housing project. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Advocates: RTA must overcome “bureaucratic anxiety,” prescribe bold action to save transit

By John Greenfield | Feb 22, 2022 | No Comments

"Transformational ideas may be controversial, but that is not an excuse to avoid them," the letter states. "We need serious and specific proposals to maintain the foundational roles transit plays."

Almost all Chicago bike riders treat stoplights like stop signs, and stop signs like yield signs. Studies show that may actually be safer than following the letter of the current law. Photo: John Greenfield

Illinois lawmakers killed an “Idaho stop” bill this week, but one could pass in the future

By John Greenfield | Feb 17, 2022 | No Comments

Treating stop signs like yield signs is nearly universal among bike riders, and Idaho stop laws have been shown to reduce bike injuries. Rep. Janet Yang Roh explained why her bill didn't pass – this time.

A Pace paratransit bus in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Pace teams up with Uber to launch paratransit expansion in DuPage County

By Igor Studenkov | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

Pace board members argued that using ride-hail to fill in the gaps in paratransit service will complement, not cannibalize, existing service.

Rendering of the proposed 103rd Street station, ocated immediately east of Harlem Avenue in Chicago Ridge. Image: Pace

Take a survey to weigh in on Pace’s proposed Tri-State Tollway express services

By Igor Studenkov | Feb 7, 2022 | No Comments

Pace is inviting the public to give input on the proposed suburb-to-suburb express service expansion along I-294 / the Tri-State Tollway.

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