Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Walking

Family crossing California Avenue on Logan Boulevard, where traffic diverters have been set up. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Eyes on the street: Logan and Kedzie boulevards Slow Streets treatment

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 5, 2021 | No Comments

While the cross-street barricades seen on Logan Boulevard at California and Sacramento might be impractical at Fullerton and Kedzie, more traffic calming measures are needed to turn the Kedzie service drive into a true Shared Street.

Ghost bikes for Tyler Fabeck and Kevin Clark at Logan/Western. It's clear we can't wait any longer for safety improvements here. Photos: Andrew Bedno, Courtney Cobbs

Logan Square Preservation tries to block protected lane installation, ATA rallies support

By John Greenfield | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

The leader of the influential community group is trying to obstruct the safety upgrade due to a personal concern, but the Active Transportation Alliance is asking residents to voice support.

SUV driver critically injured Little Village activist, transportation advocate Chris Didato

By John Greenfield | Sep 2, 2021 | No Comments

The case lays bare just how much farther we have to go to achieve Didato's goal of a better city for walking and biking.

There are ways to cope with the parking deal, like when new diagonal spaces were created on side streets to allow for the construction of protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue in River West. But we shouldn't have to. Image: Google Maps

It’s time for Chicago to rid itself of the parasitic parking meter contract

By Michael Podgers | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

While it's possible to cope with the horrible parking deal through design and policy, we really need to abolish it altogether.

Treatments to the Logan/Western intersection. Image: CDOT

After 2 cyclist deaths, Logan/Western is finally getting road diet, protected lanes

By John Greenfield | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

It's great that these needed improvements are coming to Logan/Western at last, but tragic that they weren't done before two young men lost their lives.

Bikign on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park. Photo: John Greenfield

1st Ward PB election revives the idea of protected lanes on Milwaukee in Wicker

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

A proposal to strip parking on Milwaukee to make room for protected bike lanes has renewed discussions about the project, last proposed in 2017.

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