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Tell IDOT to Rehab LSD as a Complete Street, Not a Speedway

By Jessica Papanek | Apr 14, 2014 | 72 Comments

On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Transportation kicked off the feedback process for the the North Lake Shore Drive rehabilitation’s future alternatives analysis, at the third meeting of the project’s task forces. During the previous two meetings, it seemed like IDOT would insist upon just another highway project, with minimal benefits for pedestrians, transit users […]

BRT Doubters Interested in Working With City to Tweak the Plan

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2014 | 13 Comments

The city of Chicago has been pretty quiet on the subject of its Ashland bus rapid transit plan lately, but recently there have been encouraging signs that even some skeptics are warming to the concept. During a presentation about the project to the Wicker Park Committee neighborhood group last week, WPC member Alan O’Connell, an […]

Hairston, Cappleman Pass on Participatory Budgeting This Year

By John Greenfield | Apr 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

As we’ve recently reported, the 49th Ward is holding its fifth participatory budgeting election this year, the 45th Ward is holding its second, and the 22nd Ward is taking the process for a spin for the first time. However, the 5th and 46th wards, which experimented with PB last year, won’t be taking part. It’s […]

Jefferson Parkers Can Vote for Bike Lanes, Metra Improvement in PB Election

By John Greenfield | Apr 7, 2014 | 3 Comments

Last year, residents of the 45th Ward, made up largely of the Jefferson Park neighborhood, had the opportunity to vote for a number of outside-the-box transportation projects in the ward’s participatory budgeting election. Most of those proposals, including bike lanes on Lawrence and Milwaukee, and on-street bike parking corrals, didn’t win, but voters did opt […]

CNT and Active Trans Launch “Transit Future” Funding Campaign

By John Greenfield | Apr 4, 2014 | 47 Comments

On Monday, Governor Quinn’s Northeast Illinois Public Transit Taskforce released its final report, underscoring the need for better funding for regional transit. Yesterday, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Active Transportation Alliance launched a new campaign, dubbed “Transit Future,” to raise that money via a new Cook County-based revenue stream that would help the […]

Rogers Park Participatory Budgeting Ideas Include a North-South Greenway

By John Greenfield | Apr 2, 2014 | 11 Comments

Chicago aldermen traditionally use their $1.3 million in discretionary “menu” money for basic street, sidewalk and lighting improvements. However, this year a handful of wards are holding participatory budgeting elections. These often result in money being set aside for innovative transportation projects, and walking and biking infrastructure is a relative bargain. 49th Ward Alderman Joe […]

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