Chicago traffic deaths were up 45% last year as speeding increased during COVID
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Most of the increase was due to motorist deaths, but bicycle fatalities also spiked.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Walking
February transportation advocacy happenings: Suburban Action Week and Bike Film Fest
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Things are heating up on the transportation advocacy front this month as the Active Transportation Alliance is hosting a couple of promising-sounding online events.
Obama Center work starts this summer. What does the plan mean for transportation?
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The Obama center should improve the Jackson Park green space and pedestrian and bike access within the park. But it's a shame that LSD and Stony Island had to be widened as part of the bargain.
The end of an era? CDOT promises tortoiselike Navy Pier Flyover project is almost done
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So keep you fingers crossed, Lakefront Trail users. With any luck in two months or so this snaillike project will finally be complete.
Could a network of Slow Streets circuits speed pandemic recovery?
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Streetsblog reader Nate Hutcheson brainstormed a system of Slow Streets designed as a community and economic development strategy.
We can look forward to a less muddy, better-connected Des Plaines River Trail
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There are plenty of promising projects in the works for the trail that should result in better access and less-soggy post-rain rides.