DPD denies approval for car-centric 6 Corners Project that is “significantly overparked”
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The proposal called for a staggering 834 parking spaces, with most of the land gobbled up by surface parking.
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Lakefront Trail has reopened after 24+ hour closure following blizzard
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Let's chalk this up as a rare exception to the CPD's normally excellent trail maintenance protocols.
Better Streets Chicago calls on the city to develop a plan for municipal sidewalk snow removal
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The group has launched a new campaign and petition, with almost 1,250 signatures, to exhort the city of Chicago to take charge of winter sidewalk clearance.
Ald. Martin kyboshes autocentric supermarket planned for a transit-friendly site
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The area needs a land use that supports local businesses and makes the area more pedestrian- and bike-friendly, rather than an "anti-transit-oriented development" that undermine those goals.
Instead of spending millions on parking for a new clinic, why not subsidize transit use?
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After pushback from neighbors, Northwestern is spending $7 million more to move all 350 parking spots in its new clinic underground. Could some of these car trips be replaced with transit?
Alderman Martin approves 48-unit equitable TOD at Zia’s restaurant site in Lakeview
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This project seems like a good template for equitable transit-oriented development that should be emulated elsewhere on the North Side.