Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Policy & Planning

CTA 700-series buses -- the system's first all-electric vehicles. Photo: CTA

E-buses are great, but Climate Reality Project should also push for effective bus lanes

By Courtney Cobbs | Aug 3, 2022 | No Comments

Climate Reality Project’s desire to see more electric buses is understandable, but could the group do more good by lobbying for bus lanes and legalizing camera enforcement of those lanes?

The Red Line, Dan Ryan, and Skyline in Englewood. Photo: John Greenfield

City seeks feedback on draft ten-year “We Will Chicago” plan including transportation goals

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

On July 14, the Mayor Lori Lightfoot administration issued a draft of an ambitious citywide plan for community feedback.

Former deputy Chicago mayor John O'Malley

Lightfoot’s ex-deputy mayor of public security to John Kass: I pack heat on the CTA

By John Greenfield | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

This post also includes a discussion of Kass' history of writing anti-bike columns in the Chicago Tribune, plus his recent move to Indiana.

The field of Divvy bikes in a vacant lot in West Town. Photo: a Streetsblog reader

What’s up with the massive field of Divvy bikes sitting in a West Town vacant lot?

By John Greenfield | Jul 30, 2022 | No Comments

According to a bike-share official, some bikes are awaiting parts like computer chips that have been delayed as part of the global supply shortages that is impacting many industries.

A recent Bike Jam ride in Lakeview. Photo: Rony Islam

New group Chicago, Bike Grid Now! pushes for network of traffic-calmed side streets

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

Chicago, Bike Grid Now! is a new bike advocacy group in Chicago. Streetsblog Chicago sat down with two of the lead organizers to discuss the group's demands and their thoughts on the current advocacy landscape in Chicago.

Chicagoland’s car-centric transportation system kills another kid on a bike, Zain Jaber

By John Greenfield | Jul 28, 2022 | No Comments

This case wasn't an accident. It was the predictable outcome of street design that prioritizes the convenience of drivers over the safety of vulnerable road users.

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