Planned West Loop changes include closing block of Milwaukee, wider sidewalks
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The changes would be paid for by a developer as part of the deal for a 33-story residential building at the old Cassidy Tire site.
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Alderman Martin is putting out feelers about doing open streets interventions in Lincoln Square
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"We want to make sure that as people are spending more time outside, we are adjusting infrastructure accordingly."
Unlike MTA, CTA won’t close ‘L’ during COVID, but homeless on transit need services
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Back in 2006, the Chicago Tribune publication RedEye asked “Just how clean are CTA buses or trains?“ The paper hired a private lab to test the cleanliness of four cars on the Red and Brown line, two buses, and some station surfaces. 14 years later during the COVID1-9 pandemic, the cleanliness of public transportation has […]
Ahmaud Arbery’s death, mobility justice, and the open streets debate
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For Black and Brown people to feel completely safe walking, biking, or just existing in public space, we need to make fundamental changes in the way our society is structured.
What do ATA’s peer organizations across the country think of open streets?
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We talked to transportation advocacy organizations in Oakland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Madison, Wisconsin.
Lightfoot: I’m open to hiring Social Distancing Ambassadors when lakefront reopens
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The mayor said the "tough" ushers at Wrigley Field might a good model for future Social Distancing Ambassadors in Chicago parks.