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Can Chicagoland Fix Its Sprawl Problem?

By Steven Vance | Jul 12, 2013 | 83 Comments

Earlier this week we wrote up the Center for Neighborhood Technology’s report about how the Chicagoland region is falling behind other major American metro areas when it comes to focusing growth near transit stations. In Philadelphia, San Francisco, DC, and New York, most new housing is being built close to transit, but not in Chicago. Here, most growth […]

Active Trans Helps Chicago Public Schools Set Up 25 Safe Routes Programs

By John Greenfield | Jul 8, 2013 | 3 Comments

[This article also appeared in print in Checkerboard City, John Greenfield’s transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] In 1969, more than fifty percent of American children walked or biked to school, but by 2009 less than thirteen percent did so. This lifestyle change has been a major factor in […]

Jessica Cervantes and Gary Resner Talk About Their Divvy Experience

By John Greenfield | Jun 28, 2013 | 10 Comments

When I encountered Gary Resner, an accountant, and P.E. teacher Jessica Cervantes standing with Divvy bikes underneath the ‘L’ tracks at Clark and Lake, they were looking for a place to dock their rides, so I directed them to the Daley Plaza station, but not before asking them about their bike-share experience. John Greenfield: So […]

Checking in With Potential Divvy Member Mike Berman

By John Greenfield | Jun 28, 2013 | 11 Comments

I visited several Divvy bike-share docking stations on my way downtown from the Northwest Side this safternoon, but didn’t see much activity, save for Divvy staffers standing by to assist customers. At the State and Kinzie station, downstairs from the IBM Building, I saw a couple of men with bikes who had unsuccessfully tried to […]

Talking Transportation With Alderman Bob Fioretti

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2013 | 70 Comments

[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John Greenfield’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Wednesday evenings.] Second Ward Alderman Robert “Bob” Fioretti reelection chances got tougher after last year’s ward remap. His district currently includes portions of several neighborhoods on the Near South and Near West sides, but in […]

Revolution Finally Gets Bike Corral; CDOT Working to Streamline Process

By John Greenfield | May 16, 2013 | 60 Comments

Lovers of sustainable transportation and beer rejoice! As I type this, on-street bike racks are being bolted into the asphalt in front of Revolution Brewing, 2323 North Milwaukee in Logan Square. This will be Chicago’s fifth on-street bike parking corral, replacing car parking spaces with bike racks. I talked with owner Josh Deth (an old […]

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