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Ideally every residential street would have traffic calming. Photo: John Greenfield

Designing self-policing streets, and other mobility justice strategies

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

We should be redesigning our transportation system to reduce the chances of Black and Brown residents interacting with law enforcement, and to promote transportation equity.

Historic Black-owned businesses Frances' Cocktail Lounge and Lem's Bar-B-Q on Chathams's 75th Street restaurant strip. Image: Google Maps

New Cafe Streets announced, but so far Black and Latino dining strips are opting out

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Announced Cafe Streets in Chatham and Little Village have been cancelled or watered down, which means that so far none are planned on African-American- or Latino-owned restaurant strips.

People flock to the reopened Bloomingdale while maintaining social distance

By Ariel Parrella-Aureli | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

The 606 is officially open now, but neighbors say thing aren't that different than last week, when many people were already using it illegally.

The Leland Avenue Slow Street. Photo: John Greenfield

Talking about Slow Streets and equitable community input

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

47th Ward alderman Matt Martin hosted a panel on these topics with reps from the Active Transportation Alliance, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Streetsblog Chicago.

Announced 2020 planned new Chicago bikeway, including non-protected bike lanes (orange), protected lanes (green), and Slow Streets (purple). Map: John Greenfield via Google Maps

Map: Here are some of the 25-30 miles of new bikeways slated for 2020 installation

By John Greenfield | Jun 19, 2020 | No Comments

What's more, about 15 miles are slated for the South Side, which has a much lower density of bike lanes than the North Side.

A street marking on Leland west of Western shows where a traffic barrel will be installed tomorrow. Photo: John Greenfield

Leland Slow Street will be expanded west to the Chicago River tomorrow.

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

CDOT is also adding more signs to the existing Slow Streets on Leland and near the Bloomingdale Trail to make sure drivers know that the streets aren't to be used as cut-throughs.

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