Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Design

Omaha's only protected bike lane, a pilot project on a 1.5-mile stretch of Harney Street, was installed last summer. Image: Google Maps

People for Bikes is wrong: Chicago isn’t a worse bike city than Jacksonville or Omaha

By John Greenfield | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

Yes, Chicago got screwed by People for Bikes' flawed rating system. But we still have lots of work to do need to make cycling as safe, enjoyable, and normalized as it is in truly great cycling cities.

Officials, including local alderman Tom Tunney (44th), CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr., Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Senator Dick Durbin, and Representative Jan Schakowsky, at yesterday's groundbreaking. Photo: City of Chicago

RPM program enters next phase with start of Belmont-Cornelia track reconstruction

By John Greenfield | Jan 25, 2022 | No Comments

According to the CTA, the curve in these century-old tracks slow down trains, and rebuilding and straightening them will allow for faster speeds, better reliability, and a more comfortable ride.

A protected bike lane on California Boulevard near Douglass Park. Photo: Ruth Rosas

How have biking conditions been in Latine communities this winter?

By Ruth Rosas | Jan 24, 2022 | No Comments

If they are not cleared, these bikeways that are supposed to help us ride safely instead wind up constraining our mobility.

Una ciclovía protegido en California Boulevard cerca de Douglass Park. Foto: Ruth Rosas

¿Cómo están las condiciones de las ciclovías en las comunidades latinas?

By Ruth Rosas | Jan 24, 2022 | No Comments

Si no limpian, estas ciclovías que nos deben ayudar a andar con seguridad terminan con restringiendo nuestra movilidad.

A traffic circle at Granville and Paulina. There's another one at Hermitage. Photo: Courtney Cobbs

Residents elect Granville bike lanes, city caves to pressure from drivers and shelves them

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

If CDOT had more imagination, they would install traffic diverters on Granville to discourage driving and make biking safer and more comfortable.

Green bike box pavement markings at Division and Wood, part of the Wood Street Neighborhood Greenway. 1st Ward residents voted to convert the corridor to a one-way northbound street to make room for a two-way protected bike lane. Image: Google Maps

Details on 7 livable streets projects that won funding in the 1st Ward PB election

By John Greenfield | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

1st Ward residents recently elected to fund seven of the 11 projects in the district's participatory budgeting election, and all of the winning proposals will improve local walking, biking, and/or transit.

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