Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Walking

The temporary protected bike/ped path on Lower LSD. Photo: John Greenfield

Lane of Lower LSD converted to protected bike/ped path, carmageddon doesn’t ensue

By John Greenfield | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

Thanks to the magic of traffic evaporation — the phenomenon that when you take away space for drivers, demand tends to go away as well — the lane closure seems to be having no discernible effect on car traffic.

Trying to see every driver as a potential sustainable transportation user

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 10, 2020 | No Comments

How a recent angry exchange with a motorist made me rethink my strategy for promoting walking, biking, and transit.

"Human protected bike lane" at the Carla Aiello crash site. Photo: John Greenfield

Inaction after tragic crashes is unacceptable — Chicago needs a Rapid Response Team

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

Instead of making safety improvements months later, or not at all, Chicago should follow San Francisco's example by creating a Rapid Response Team

The intersection of McFetridge and Lake Shore Drive, where signs prohibit pedestrian and bike access. Image: Google Maps

Mohamed Salah Ali, 29, killed at Museum Campus intersection where ped access is banned

By John Greenfield | Feb 4, 2020 | No Comments

The victim was the second pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.

A rendering of the converted lower LSD lane that Erich Stenzel created for Steven Vance back in 2012. Note that both pedestrians and cyclists will use the on-street path during this phase of the flyover construction.

Great idea! Lane of Lower LSD will be converted to bike/ped facility for flyover work

By John Greenfield | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

Somewhere in our city right now, Streetsblog Chicago cofounder Steven Vance is sarcastically saying, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Police on New York's MTA. Photo: Caitlin Plauf via Streetsblog NYC

Caveat to Lightfoot: Over-police the CTA and you may face NYC-style subway protests

By John Greenfield | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

If additional policing leads to the criminalization of more people of color and low-income residents, don't be surprised if the response is hundreds of angry Chicagoans storming the turnstiles.

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