Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Eyes on the Street

Sebastian Ko, who suffered a "shattered" kidney after he wiped out on a broken bollard on Milwaukee Avenue. Photo: Provided

$287K verdict shows using flimsy posts to “protect” lanes puts cyclists, taxpayers at risk

By John Greenfield | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

Not only do these flimsy installations fail to provide physical protection, they leave taxpayers on the hook for injury lawsuits against the city government when cyclists wipe out on the broken bollards.

Cyclist Paresh Chhatrala, 42, died after crash on Madison, where medians were removed

By John Greenfield | Apr 18, 2022 | No Comments

Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the collision might have been avoided if the city hadn't removed planter medians from the street a couple years ago to facilitate faster driving.

Riding in the new bike lanes on Jackson Boulevard in Columbus Park. Photo: CDOT

Block Club’s car-centric take on “horrible” Austin bike lanes contains a kernel of truth

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

Yes, the article was sensationalistic and inaccurate, and didn't quote anyone in the neighborhood who rides bikes. But when it comes to effective community input in POC neighborhoods, it had a point.

Long lines of cars, slowed buses, wasted city resources at Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway

By John Greenfield | Mar 24, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully in the near future we'll find out exactly how much Wilson's publicity stunt cost Chicago taxpayers.

The south sidewalk of the Lawrence DLSD viaduct after Tuesday's blaze. Photo: John Greenfield

Lawrence viaduct tent fire is one more sign Chicago needs to house our homeless

By John Greenfield | Mar 23, 2022 | No Comments

From more people experiencing homelessness sleeping on 'L' trains, to an increasing number of tents in viaducts, housed Chicagoans are seeing constant reminders of the city's failure to take care of our most vulnerable residents.

The State/Lake 'L' station and DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Photos: John Greenfield

The great motor divide: How our obsession with cars has driven us apart

By Colin Anderson | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation by private car fails the city socially, while transit’s built-in opportunities for contact and cooperation are tools we desperately need to leverage in order to learn how to live together again.

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