Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
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"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Design
CTA looks to commission 6 pieces of public art for stations as part of RPM Project
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The CTA has announced plans to add to its growing public art collection with six works scheduled for installation as part of the reconstruction of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations.
Closed underpasses, and opening minds about a radical redesign of DuSable LSD
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Impassible underpasses aren't just inconvenient. They also highlight the inconvenient truth that our addiction to cars is contributing to the existential threat of climate change.
We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off
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It turns out that Divvy members can unlock electric bike-share cycles with their plastic key fobs, even if they're not parked at traditional docking stations.
Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year
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Officials promised that after the designs proved successful, they would be upgraded with permanent concrete infrastructure. Several years later, that's finally supposed to happen.
Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes
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The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.