Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Driving

The Pershing/Albany intersection in Brighton Park, looking east. Image: Google Maps

Hit-and-run driver struck and injured man, 54, on bike in Brighton Park, left plate behind

By John Greenfield | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

The crash report says police recovered the license plate. Hopefully that, plus any available surveillance camera footage, will help bring the driver to justice.

The apparent aftermath of a crash Friday afternoon on DuSable Lake Shore Drive just south of Bryn Mawr Avenue, with a car ending up a few feet from the Lakefront Trail. Photo: Courtney Cobbs

Illinois lawmakers OK more expressway, DLSD cams, fail to legalize speed cams on highways

By John Greenfield | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

Illinois lawmakers could have addressed the crash epidemic by legalizing speed cameras on expressways. Instead they took the politically easier step of cracking down on gun violence, without addressing traffic violence.

Raphael "Rafi" Cardenas. Photo: GoFundMe

SUV driver killed Raphael “Rafi” Cardenas as he rode a scooter in Lincoln Square

By John Greenfield | Jun 5, 2022 | No Comments

No Parking signs at intersections are important because the lack of parked cars near the crosswalk "daylights" the intersection.

Image from the Collected Communities Ordinance fact sheet from Elevated Chicago

Chicago’s proposed Equitable TOD ordinance would fight segregation and car-depedency

By John Greenfield | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The Lori Lightfoot administration hopes to spur the development of more affordable, parking-lite housing near transit with the proposed "Connected Communities Ordinance."

The 59th/St. Louis intersection, where the driver struck the bike rider, looking east. Image: Google Maps

Recently drivers have critically injured people on bikes in West Lawn and Grand Crossing

By John Greenfield | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Within the past few days drivers struck and critically injured a 54-year-old woman in West Lawn on the Southwest Side, as well as a man, 30, in Grand Crossing, on the Mid South Side.

The 2900 block of West Columbus Avenue, looking southwest. In some locations the grassy parkway has been eliminated to make room for parking cars. An upcoming four-to-three conversion road diet on this stretch will help calm traffic. Image: Google Maps

An SUV driver killed Martha Velazquez on Columbus in Ashburn. A road diet is planned.

By John Greenfield | May 31, 2022 | No Comments

A four-to-three conversion road diet was already planned on this stretch prior to the tragic crash.

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