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Metra is getting bike-friendlier, with new dedicated bike cars on on Rock Island, BNSF lines

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

The cars will be available on both weekend and weekday trains and can be spotted by a blue and grey paint scheme, plus a white bicycle decal next to the outside doors.

A guerrilla banner for the "Save Lincoln Square" website hund at Lawrence/Leland last weekend. Photo: Twitter user @chi_numtot

Bar owner who posted racist comments is leading fight against affordable TOD

By John Greenfield | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

Spyners owner and Save Lincoln Square petition launcher Maureen Sullivan faced a boycott last year over racist comments about BLM protests.

Don’t victim-blame architect Helmut Jahn for his tragic bike crash death

By John Greenfield | May 10, 2021 | No Comments

While Jahn reportedly ran a stop sign on his bike, all the facts of his death aren't clear yet, and he deserves our empathy.

Congressional rep Robin Kelly has proposed $2 million for rehabbing the Columbia Bridge over Chicago's Jackson Park Lagoon, located near the Music Court Bridge, where Jake and Elwood Blues famously forced Illinois Nazis to jump into the lagoon in the movie "The Blues Brothers."

Here are some earmarks Illinois Congressional reps are proposing for walk/bike/transit

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

Here are some of the walk/bike/transit-related proposals for the American Jobs Plan from Illinois’ Congressional representatives.

A 7000-series train pulls into the Logan Square station. Image: Kyle Lucs

Electric slide? CTA says ‘L’ braking system isn’t to blame for wheel flats, noise

By John Greenfield | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

The CTA says its most recent cars don't have electric disc brakes, air brakes weren't a viable option, and much of the reason its trains are noisy has nothing to do with the braking system.

Detail from the NIMBY flier. Won't somebody think of the cars?

Parking Karens want to block Lincoln Square affordable TOD, advocates fight back

By John Greenfield and Courtney Cobbs | May 6, 2021 | No Comments

Fliers claiming Lincoln Square "has a parking deficit of 1,519 spaces" are based on an ancient, absurdly car-centric 1998 study.

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