Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Infrastructure

Carter and a customer assistant with one of the new security camera monitors. Photo: CTA

Another win for embattled CTA prez: Installation of new security monitors in stations is complete

By John Greenfield | Sep 27, 2022 | No Comments

While the monitor project probably won't revolutionize CTA safety, it should give the CAs a better sense of what's happening in their stations, allowing them to respond to emergencies more quickly.

Chicago Critical Mass riders cross the Kennedy Expressway on Milwaukee Avenue during the first monthly ride on September 5, 1997. Photo: James Warden

Chicago Critical Mass celebrates its 25th (or is it 50th?) anniversary this Friday

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2022 | No Comments

"Over the past 50 years, Critical Mass has made Chicago a bike-friendlier town," said cofounder and prankster Michael Burton said in a statement. "Despite these many gains, there's much work still to be done."

Catalpa pedestrianized for the Andersonville farmers market. Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis via CDOT

Nice! Catalpa Avenue in Andersonville will be Chicago’s next permanently car-free street

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

It's always nice to kick off the weekend with a feel-good story of a win for livable streets.

Here’s a closer look at the DLSD “die-in” during Chicago, Bike Grid Now’s Jamapalooza protest

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

The culmination of the rally, a dramatic "die-in" protest on DuSable Lake Short Drive next to Buckingham Fountain, deserves a little more discussion.

Biking on Lincoln Avenue at Foster Avenue. Photo: John Greenfield

Letter from advocacy groups calls for protected bike lanes on Lincoln Ave. in Lincoln Square

By John Greenfield | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Multiple advocacy groups made that argument once again with an open letter to local decision-makers calling on them to include physically-protected bike lanes along as part of the upcoming Lincoln Avenue Streetscape and Plaza project

Ghost bike memorial ceremony for Lisa Kuivinen, 20, fatally struck in August 2016 while riding in a painted bike lane at Milwaukee Avenue and Racine Avenue in River West. Photo: Steven Vance

Visualizing how current Chicago infrastructure fails people walking and biking

By Colin Anderson | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

Changing the status quo will take political courage, and it might inconvenience some drivers, but it will definitely save lives.

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