Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Policy & Planning

Wilson disembarks the #20 bus at Washington and State streets. Photo: Cameron Bolton

Willie Wilson has done lots of gas giveaways. What’s his position on CTA safety?

By Cameron Bolton | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

While Streetsblog Chicago may not agree with all of Wilson's transportation policies, or ideas for fighting crime on the CTA, it is good to see him elevating transit safety as a major campaign issue.

A young girl takes a swing at the High Striker carnival game. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

The new larger Sundays on State car-free fest is awesome. Here’s how it could be even better.

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

The city could improve Sundays on State further by rerouting traffic around the entire length of the event, as is the case with most street fairs in Chicago.

100th Street Calumet River Project would create new recreational trail on Southeast Side

By Ruth Rosas | Aug 9, 2022 | No Comments

If completed, the site would become a part of the greater network of transportation and recreation infrastructure on the Southeast Side.

The scenario where there would still be a travel lane on Catalpa for drivers, and the version with full pedestrianization. Photo: Carl Beien

Will Catalpa in Andersonville get a watered-down half-measure, or a vibrant pedestrian space?

By Carl Beien | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

If Catapla is narrowed but still open to drivers, people using the remaining pedestrian space would still have to deal with the danger, sight, sound, and fumes of cars.

A Divvy station in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. While the blue non-electric bikes don't carry per-minute use charges, in many outlying neighborhoods only the electric bikes are available. Photo: John Greenfield

La Spata’s resolution turns up heat on CDOT, Divvy to address pricing equity issues

By John Greenfield | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

Divvy is a fantastic sustainable transportation system, but it's not only crucial that it stays solvent, it also needs to be accessible to Chicagoans in all parts of the city, from all walks of life.

The Ainslie Art Plaza in Lincoln Square, before a reckless driver destroyed it. Photo: John Greenfield

Driver destroys Ainslie Art Plaza, 10 more POP! Plazas across the city announced

By John Greenfield | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

There's been some bad news and some good news about pedestrian plazas in Chicago this week. Let's take a look at these developments.

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