Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Design

CTA unveils improvements to Bus Tracker, but will they bust the “ghost run” problem?

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

Today the transit agency followed through on president Dorval Carter's earlier statements, announcing the release of a newly designed website for the Bus Tracker.

A tactile bus stop sign on a bus stop pole along the #20 Madison route. Photo: CTA

A touchy subject: CTA will pilot 1,300 tactile bus stop signs across 12 routes

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

There was some good news on Tuesday about efforts to make Chicago streets more accessible to people with visual impairments.

Addison/Drake, looking east. The bike crash took place in the crosswalk to the left. Image: Google Maps

Anatomy of a bike crash: Why did today’s collision at Addison/Drake happen?

By John Greenfield | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

A teenage girl on a bike collided with a driver, apparently because she was understandably afraid to ride in a four-lane street. What should we do about that?

Looking east on Belmont Avenue at Southport Avenue, which has non-protected bike lanes. (Yes, we know talking on the phone while biking is illegal in Chicago and is not recommended.) Photo: John Greenfield

Bike lanes are coming to Belmont in Lakeview, but not all the way to the lakefront

By John Greenfield | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

City officials should be asking, "What can we do to *make* the stretch of Belmont between Clark and the lakefront safe and pleasant to ride on?"

Diary of a mad man: Lawyer Edward C. Fitzpatrick’s war on the Dickens Greenway

By John Greenfield | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

The lawyer says the bikeway would create a deathtrap for pedestrians, and has a theory that city officials, advocates, and Streetsblog have been conspiring behind the scenes to make it happen.

The entrance to the Sunnyside contraflow bike lane at Lincoln Avenue by Welles Park, looking west. Photo: John Greenfield

The Sunnyside contraflow lane: A little infrastructure that makes a big difference

By John Greenfield | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

By allowing people on bikes to legally ride west on the short one-way eastbound segment of Sunnyside next to the park, the lane opens up a new way to bike west from Ashland to the 312 RiverRun.

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