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CDOT recently installed non-protected bike lanes on North Avenue, an IDOT-controlled street, but it's still not a safe or comfortable place to ride. Photo: Alyssa Iovanelli

New Illinois legislation is a step forward in reducing vulnerable road user deaths

By Courtney Cobbs | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

The legislation requires IDOT to conduct a traffic study following "the occurrence of any [crash] involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a state highway."

Sharrows were installed on the bridge late Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Josh Koonce

No, the new Montrose bridge over Kennedy doesn’t have bike lanes, isn’t getting them

By John Greenfield | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

In reality, people riding bikes on the new Montrose bridge aren't getting their own dedicated lane at all, let alone a protected one.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 25

By John Greenfield | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

Amtrak police shoot and kill suspect in California murder at Chicago’s Union Station (NBC)
Driver held on $500K bond for alleged DUI in Elmhurst crash that killed her fiancé (CBS)
Fleeing shooting suspect crashes into Lincoln Square’s Giddings (Kempf) Plaza (Block Club)
Police talking with person of interest after 5th hammer attack on CTA this month (Sun-Times)
Where are the bike lanes on new Montrose bridge “with bike lanes” over Kennedy? (Block Club)
Video: A #147 CTA bus plows through a flooded DuSable Drive viaduct (ABC)
Restoration of Louis Sullivan-designed Orthodox cathedral nears finish line (Block Club)

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45th Ward aldermanic candidate John Garrido and Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce president Dave Wians at a 2014 community meeting, holding stack of petitions against the Milwaukee protected bike lane proposal on the Far Northwest Side. Photo: John Greenfield

A brief history of Chicago protected bike lane proposals killed by parking pushback

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

There are political and logistical hurdles to removing parking to make room for protected bike lanes in Chicago, but there's reason to believe the tide may be turning.

Witnesses discuss George Sawicki’s bike crash death near Soldier Field

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

The two witnesses, employees of an event rental company corroborated the initial Chicago Police Department statement that the victim "struck a parked truck."

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 24

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

4 Large Invest South/West projects projects will create 215 residential units (Block Club)
50-unit affordable housing building and community hub slated for Back of the Yards (Block Club)
Vigil held for cancer survivor, hit-and-run victim Sophie Allen in Lakeview (WGN)
A driver reportedly crashed into Rudy Lozano Library in Pilsen (Pilsen Neighborhood)
New speed cams installed at 76th and King at request of Ald. Moore, neighbors (ABC)
IDOT is seeking Safe Routes to School proposals (The Chainlink)
Foster and Peterson will be repaved starting this week (Block Club)

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What the Prop. 22 Rollback Could Mean For Your State

By Kea Wilson | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

A controversial California law that allowed e-taxi companies to deny their workers basic employment protections has been declared unconstitutional by a state judge — a ruling that could undermine copycat bills and referenda across the country.

New dashed bike lanes on Armitage Avenue in Logan Square. Photo: Michael Burton

Dashed bike lanes: Better than nothing, or total trash?

By John Greenfield | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

Are they a pragmatic, better-than-nothing approach on streets where stripping parking is seen as a nonstarter. Or are they a depressing capitulation to car culture?

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 23

By John Greenfield | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

Evanstonian: Infra bill won’t include enough funds to “address fundamental challenges of U.S. transit” (Vox)
Park District sold out space in our parks for Amazon delivery lockers for a mere $137.6K a year (Block Club)
ISP: 2 dead, 1 injured after shooting, car crash on Eisenhower Expressway (ABC)
1 killed, 1 injured in fiery crash involving SUV, 2 semi-trailers on Torrence Avenue on SE Side (ABC)
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed Trinity Salgado, 59, on bike near Des Plaines River Trail in Glenview (NBC)
Hanna Fernando, 40, killed after trucker rear-ended her car in Glenview, causing rollover crash (ABC)
Residents: 6-unit condo building with 6 spots, 10 minutes from ‘L’ would fuel displacement (Block Club)
Bike ride from Forest Glen Metra stop to Docomomo Summer Social at Adlai Stevenson’s house on 9/11

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How To Avoid the Other COVID Plague: Traffic

By Kea Wilson | Aug 20, 2021 | No Comments

As restrictions on movements relax in some countries and a return to pre-pandemic mobility patterns starts, many cities are reporting increased congestion levels.

Police at the Garfield Red Line station on Thursday. Image: CBS Chicago

Murder on Red Line underscores urgent need for holistic CTA violence prevention solutions

By John Greenfield | Aug 20, 2021 | No Comments

This latest tragedy highlights the urgent need for local leaders to think outside the policing box and take constructive action to keep transit riders and workers safe.

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