Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Eyes on the Street

Screenshot of the video an instant before impact.

Cop ran stop sign without lights or siren, creamed bike rider in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2022 | No Comments

When police ignore the very traffic rules they're tasked with enforcing, that further erodes public trust in a force that has well-documented problems with abuse of power.

Estación Kedzie Orange Line. Foto: Jeff Zoline

Los pasajeros del CTA del lado suroeste han seguido teniendo retrasos

By Ruth Rosas | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

¿Cómo afectará el plan de acción de CTA la confiabilidad, la seguridad y la satisfacción del cliente?

The Kedzie Orange Line stop. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Southwest Side CTA riders have continued to experience service gaps

By Ruth Rosas | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

How will CTA’s action plan affect reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction?

South Shore Line staff at the Gary Metro Center station on August 20, trying to figure out which train passengers should go on what shuttle buses. Customers going to different stations east of there were eventually directed to different buses. Photo: John Greenfield

The South Shore Line’s shuttle bus service is a bit of a mess

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

If you need to get to Beverly Shores or Michigan City's Uptown district, your transit trip may be completely screwed up.

Concrete protection on the westbound bike lane on Logan Boulevard approaching Western Avenue, looking west. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Eyes on the Street: Curb protection on Logan Boulevard makes a scary stretch feel safer

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

Happily, the portion of this route that passes through the formerly frightening Western Avenue viaduct now feels the most safe, since it has the most concrete protection.

The House Music Ride heads towards Daley's Restaurant, Chicago's oldest eatery, and the Cottage Grove Green Line station. Photo: John Greenfield

“Follow Me”: Equiticity leads a joyous House Music Ride through Chicago’s South Side

By John Greenfield | Sep 2, 2022 | No Comments

"Some of these neighborhoods have experienced disproportionate levels of violence, so to see something positive come through their neighborhood, people start smiling and they start dancing."

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