Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Design

Photo of a bus stop boarding island on Milwaukee Avenue at Carpenter Street.

Chicago needs to ramp up the number of bus stop boarding islands

By Steven Lucy | Apr 15, 2022 | No Comments

Chicago has a problem when it comes to bus stops and bike lanes. Too often when a bus needs to access the curb, it enters the bike lane, cutting off cyclists and also providing a gap in physical bike lane protection that is then abused by drivers who block the bike lane with their cars […]

Rendering of the rehabbed Homewood multimodal station.

Pace piggybacks on Georgia e-bus order, approves Homewood facility upgrade funding

By Igor Studenkov | Apr 14, 2022 | No Comments

The Pace board agreed to piggyback on Georgia’s electric bus purchasing contract with Proterra, and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Metra to fund improvements to the Homewood multimodal station.

Riding in the new bike lanes on Jackson Boulevard in Columbus Park. Photo: CDOT

Block Club’s car-centric take on “horrible” Austin bike lanes contains a kernel of truth

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

Yes, the article was sensationalistic and inaccurate, and didn't quote anyone in the neighborhood who rides bikes. But when it comes to effective community input in POC neighborhoods, it had a point.

A person riding one of Divvy's new e-bikes on the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

Lyft provided details on the new Divvy pricing structure, and it’s better than we thought

By John Greenfield | Apr 11, 2022 | No Comments

The new information about the pricing structure and corrals offers reassurance that the Divvy system will continue to generally be affordable and fair.

Rendering of a Divvy station with bikes and dockable scooters.

Divvy’s getting scooters, but will eliminating the fee waiver zone make the system less equitable?

By John Greenfield | Apr 11, 2022 | No Comments

Charging per-minute fees and out-of-station parking surcharges all over the city may make the system inaccessible to lower-income residents on the South and West sides.

Platform screen doors on the Copenhagen Metro. Photo: Wikipedia

Another person was pushed onto ‘L’ tracks. It’s time for CTA to pilot platform barriers.

By John Greenfield | Apr 6, 2022 | No Comments

CTA workers and riders shouldn't have to worry that they might wind up being pushed onto the third rail, or in the path of an oncoming train.

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