6 streets will be pedestrianized for cafes, and the Leland Slow Street opens
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Neighborhoods from Chatham to Lakeview will be getting cafe zones, and the Leland Slow Street is a hit with families and other residents.
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A few updates on Slow Streets and other pandemic transportation initiatives
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A few more streets have been added to the map, Leland launches tomorrow, and the city has a new COVID-19 transportation website.
Oakland’s Warren Logan on pursuing racial equity within a mobility framework
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Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor’s office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch “Slow Streets,” has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19. I first heard about Warren in an August 2019 […]
Starting Friday, Leland Shared Street will provide a safe COVID-19 transportation corridor
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It took more than two months of pushing by advocates, but Chicago is finally implementing Slow Streets as a COVID-19 response.
Drivers fatally struck 3 pedestrians and a cyclist in Chicago in the past week
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Tragically, the need to create safe space for pedestrians and cyclists, and prevent a dangerous post-COVID spike in driving by enabling safe, socially-distanced walking, transit, and biking, was laid bare this past week.
CDOT: Cortland, Glenwood, Palmer, Leland will be “Shared streets for physical distancing”
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After more than two months of advocacy by Streetsblog, it looks like Chicago is finally going to open streets for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation.