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There’s Still Time for Evanston Residents to Voice Support for Safer Biking

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

The Evanston City Council passed an update to the suburb’s bike plan, including plans for a network of protected lanes, on July 28. However, some of these bikeway projects have hit a roadblock, in the form of opposition from two aldermen and a handful of residents. On Tuesday, the Active Transportation Alliance launched an online […]

Logan Square Residents Refine Vision For Development Atop ‘L’ Station

By Jessica Papanek | Sep 23, 2014 | 11 Comments

The second of three Corridor Development Initiative meetings last week collected more detailed feedback about what Logan Square residents hope to see replace a municipal parking lot and under-used bus transfer plaza atop the neighborhood’s ‘L’ station. The meeting began with a brief audience survey whose results mirrored the findings from the previous meeting. During […]

Car-Free Cappleman Touts Wilson Station Rehab as a Catalyst for TOD

By John Greenfield | Sep 18, 2014 | 49 Comments

At a community meeting Wednesday on the upcoming reconstruction of the Red Line’s Wilson stop, 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman argued that one of the best things about the new station is that it will encourage walkable, transit-friendly development. “One of the things I’ve pushed for as alderman is transit-oriented development, [which is a] good, […]

CMAP Board Members Will Try to Boot Illiana Boondoggle From Regional Plan

By Steven Vance | Sep 18, 2014 | 11 Comments

After appointees loyal to Governor Pat Quinn muscled the Illiana tollway onto the project list for Chicagoland’s regional plan, it looked like nothing could stop this risky highway boondoggle from getting funded and built. The Illiana may still happen, but not without a fight. Last week, the board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning […]

Lincoln Avenue Goes Car-Free and Comes to Life

By John Greenfield | Sep 16, 2014 | 45 Comments

Last week, I wrote about the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce’s Sunday Play Spot program, which is pedestrianizing a block of Lincoln Avenue between School and Roscoe streets every Sunday afternoon this month to make room for car-free recreation. Last Sunday, I stopped to check it out myself and found the event to be just as […]

CDOT Previews Chicago’s Next Round of New Bikeways

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2014 | 21 Comments

The quarterly meetings of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council are a good place to get up to speed on Chicago’s latest bike developments. Wednesday’s meeting was no exception, with updates on bike lane construction, off-street trails, Divvy bike-share, and more. The sessions take place during business hours, but if your schedule allows you to attend, […]

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