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Join Me for the Very First (Legal) Ride on the North Branch Trail Extension

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2016 | 22 Comments

I’m happy to report that I got to take the maiden voyage on the northern half of theNorth Branch Trail extension this afternoon after officials cut the ribbon on the 1.8-mile stretch of off-street path. You can take a virtual spin on the trail with me by watching the video below. It’s probably not riveting […]

Bicycling Gives Chicago the Award for Best Biking City – Do We Deserve It?

By John Greenfield | Sep 19, 2016 | 24 Comments

This morning’s announcement that Bicycling magazine has ranked Chicago as the best cycling city in the U.S. in its biennial ratings, up from second place to New York in 2014, was surely a head-scratcher for many people who ride bikes in our city on a regular basis. As of 2015, our bike mode share was […]

Some Skepticism, Lots of Support for Funding Red Line Work With Transit TIF

By Michael Podgers | Sep 15, 2016 | 9 Comments

At a public meeting Tuesday night, Department of Planning and Development and Chicago Transit Authority officials outlined plans for a new transit TIF district along the North Side Mainline ‘L’, which carries the Red and Purple lines. The proposed TIF (tax-increment finance district) would generate funds to help pay for the Red-Purple Modernization project. At […]

CDOT Has a Full Plate of New and Upgraded Bike Lane Infrastructure

By Steven Vance | Sep 13, 2016 | 20 Comments

During last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting Chicago Department of Transportation staffers shared a number of updates on the city’s bike network. At the event, CDOT planner Mike Amsden, who manages the department’s bikeways program, explained how funds from Blue Cross Blue Shield’s $12 million sponsorship of the Divvy bike-share system are helping to pay for bike […]

Housing Activists Vow to Fight Evictions of Logan Square Tenants for New TOD

By Lynda Lopez and John Greenfield | Sep 9, 2016 | 14 Comments

Yesterday morning dozens of community residents and members of the Autonomous Tenants Union, Somos Logan Square, and Grassroots Illinois Action joined tenants of the 2340 N. California building in Logan Square as they announced their plans to fight their impending eviction. Current landlord Francisco Macias plans to sell the two-story, mixed-use structure, located a few […]

Activists Speak Out Against the Privatization of Douglas Park for Riot Fest

By John Greenfield | Sep 8, 2016 | No Comments

[Note: This Chicago Reader article lies a bit outside Streetsblog Chicago’s usual wheelhouse of transportation and livable streets topics, but since it covers an important local public space issue, I thought it might be of interest to Streetsblog readers.] August 2 at Freedom Square, a tent city raised across the street from the Chicago Police […]

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