Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Policy & Planning

The Lake/Ashland 'L' station. Is it really necessary to have a redundant bus directly below the Lake Street branch? Roger Romanelli says yes. Photo: Jeff Zoline.

Parallel lies: Romanelli claims Lake St. is the only ‘L’ branch with no redundant bus line

By John Greenfield | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

To justify spending billions to rebuild the Lake Street 'L' to facilitate driving, he falsely claimed it's "the only rail line that doesn’t have a corresponding bus service within an eighth of a mile."

The Montrose Blue Line station. Photo: John Greenfield

Data analysis found CTA has only been running about half its scheduled Blue Line runs

By John Greenfield | Apr 25, 2022 | No Comments

A mobile developer found that has been fairly consistently running roughly 52 percent of its scheduled Blue Line service, with particularly bad gaps at night and on weekends.

The Bloomingdale Trail, opened in summer 2015. One of the goals of the climate plan is to "improve air quality by expanding the city’s walk, bike, and transit options." Photo: John Greenfield

Lightfoot’s Climate Action Plan calls for “a zero-emission transportation network”

By John Greenfield | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

The city is billing the plan as a "community-informed plan to mitigate climate-change impacts and position Chicago as a job-creator and economic leader in new economy."

A mockup of the Chicago of the Chicago Moves gas or transit card, with Lightfoot's name on it. Image via WTTW

This week in gas-pandering: Wilson plans 3rd giveaway, Lightfoot’s gas cards advance

By John Greenfield | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

Come on, Chicago politicians, when it comes to sucking up to motorists, let's not have a race to the bottom.

Sebastian Ko, who suffered a "shattered" kidney after he wiped out on a broken bollard on Milwaukee Avenue. Photo: Provided

$287K verdict shows using flimsy posts to “protect” lanes puts cyclists, taxpayers at risk

By John Greenfield | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

Not only do these flimsy installations fail to provide physical protection, they leave taxpayers on the hook for injury lawsuits against the city government when cyclists wipe out on the broken bollards.

An aerial view of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, looking south from Diversey Avenue towards the Loop. Photo: Steven Vance

The NDLSD planning process is an opportunity to create a better future. Will IDOT do so?

By Michael Podgers | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

"We’re really at a crucial point in the history of humanity when we can make a real bold decision to have a better future. We should seize the moment.”

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