Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Interviews

Quigley Pushes Pedals, Better Transportation Funding, on Bike Tour

By John Greenfield | Sep 4, 2014 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) took a spin on some of our city’s next-generation bikeways with a city staffer and local advocates, as part of his “Mike on the Move” campaign to highlight how federal funding can support Chicago transportation infrastructure. Quigley’s district covers a large swath of Chicago’s North Side and a few inner-ring […]

Local Architects Envision “Meeting Place” At Empty Logan Square Plaza

By Steven Vance | Aug 19, 2014 | 7 Comments

This past Sunday, the usually forlorn bus transfer plaza above the Logan Square Blue Line station suddenly looked very different. Architects Krista Petkovsek and Kara Boyd had scrounged nearby alleys, rounded up a couple dozen used chairs, painted them orange, and scattered them around the plaza to spark a conversation about how to enliven the empty space, […]

Architect Urges Big-Picture, Design Thinking For North Lake Shore Drive

By Steven Vance | Jul 7, 2014 | 128 Comments

Local architect John Krause sees the reconstruction of North Lake Shore Drive, one of Chicago’s most scenic locations, as a chance to think big — not just about the road, but also about parks, transit, trails, the shoreline, and the future of the city alongside it. The Illinois Department of Transportation isn’t used to thinking […]

Catching Up With Former CDOT Chief Gabe Klein

By John Greenfield | Jun 3, 2014 | 27 Comments

Since former Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner Gabe Klein stepped down in November, he has been far from idle. He’s been active as a visiting fellow with the Urban Land Institute and a board member with the National Association of City Transportation Officials, and last month he joined the board of OpenPlans, the parent organization of […]

Scheinfeld Talks About Divvy, PBLs, Traffic Cams, and Long Term Goals

By John Greenfield | May 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

In this final installment of my interview with Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld, we talked about the Divvy expansion, traffic cameras, protected bike lanes, and her overall goals as CDOT chief. Read the first and second parts of the interview here and here. John Greenfield: We’re slated to get 175 more Divvy stations […]

CDOT Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld Discusses the Loop BRT Project

By John Greenfield | May 21, 2014 | 31 Comments

I recently sat down with Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld to discuss the city’s efforts to create safer, more efficient conditions for walking, transit and biking. We’ll be publishing the interview in a few installments, starting with this conversation about plans for bus rapid transit in the Loop. John Greenfield: What’s going on […]

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