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The bust of DuSable at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT voiced support for honoring DuSable, but officials privately oppose renaming LSD

By John Greenfield | Feb 9, 2021 | No Comments

While transportation chief Gia Biagi publicly said renaming the drive would be challenging but doable, emails reveal that the department is actually opposed to the change.

Rendering of a pedestrianized street on the Obama center site.

Obama Center work starts this summer. What does the plan mean for transportation?

By John Greenfield | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

The Obama center should improve the Jackson Park green space and pedestrian and bike access within the park. But it's a shame that LSD and Stony Island had to be widened as part of the bargain.

We don't have a particular problem with Dunkin' Donuts -- we just don't want to see single-story drive-throughs built on transit-adjacent land.

Could the lot next to the 35th/Archer station be saved for TOD after all?

By John Greenfield | Feb 3, 2021 | No Comments

In January the Chicago Department of Buildings put a hold on the construction permit, halting plans for a single-story drive-trough Dunkin' Donuts.

Good mask compliance on a Red Line car in late December. Photo: John Greenfield

Local transit agencies: CDC mask mandate will give our existing rules more teeth

By John Greenfield | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

Hopefully now that the federal government is getting more serious about mask compliance, we'll see better behavior on this front from local transit riders.

The Lakefront Trail now passes through the bridge house. Photo: CDOT

The end of an era? CDOT promises tortoiselike Navy Pier Flyover project is almost done

By John Greenfield | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments

So keep you fingers crossed, Lakefront Trail users. With any luck in two months or so this snaillike project will finally be complete.

Residents call for grocery store, environmental upgrades near future 130th Street ‘L’ station

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 29, 2021 | No Comments

Residents see the new station as an opportunity to address longtime disinvestment and create job opportunities.

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