Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Walking

My Block, My Hood, My City provided needed snow shoveling on South and West sides

By Imelda March | Mar 25, 2021 | No Comments

"Sidewalk shoveling improves one person's life and makes winters more manageable. We are the most segregated city in the country. By coming together we are breaking down some barriers between race and class."

Guadalupe Francisco-Martinez, 37, was fatally struck in her car last June by an officer involved in a high-speed chase.

Police chases killed 3 bystanders in Chicago last year – It’s time to rethink policies

By Sharon Hoyer | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

In what circumstances does any immediate danger the suspect presents to the public outweigh the potential for endangering officers, suspects, and innocent bystanders?

Reckless, unlicensed driver cut short the life of Kawantis Robinson, 5, in Englewood

By John Greenfield | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

Kwantis's death was a particularly tragic example of the senseless destruction regularly inflicted by Chicago's car-centric transportation system.

Ah, the sights, sounds, and smells of a typical July weekend at Montrose Beach! Simonds Drive by the beach. Image: Google Maps

Sorry, losing the perk of free beach parking is not a major social justice issue

By John Greenfield | Mar 19, 2021 | No Comments

Despite complaints from local residents, metered parking will make Montrose Beach less car-centric; help the city's bottom line; and even, counterintuitively, make driving to the beach less of a hassle for those who choose to do so.

The current layout of the Logan Square traffic circle and the remix. Images: Google Maps, CDOT

Logan Square bikeway plans are disappointing, but traffic circle remix is exciting

By John Greenfield | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments

While it's a bummer that Logan Square won't be getting robust bikeways as part of the Diversey and Milwaukee projects, it's great that the long-awaited traffic circle remix and La Placita are finally coming to fruition.

The vaccination village at the United Center

Most people in Chicagoland can access COVID vaccination sites via transit

By Steven Vance | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

How do we make it easier for people across the region to access vaccinations without driving?

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