The Southwest’s Bike Spike Was Bigger Than Europe
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The American Southwest may have experienced one of the biggest bike booms in the world in 2020 — and the rest of the country wasn’t far behind, a new study finds.
If the bus is rockin’, don’t bother knockin’: A risqué bikeway obstruction on Randolph St.
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Setting aside the question of whether bike lane blockers should be publicly shamed, what is the CTA doing to keep buses out of bike lanes?
Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 30
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- Truck driver seriously injured in Tollway crash near Oak Brook (Tribune)
- Metra Train reportedly struck taxi in Mount Prospect (Tribune)
- Boy, 15, charged with stabbing a man and assaulting two other people on CTA trains (Sun-Times)
- Target distro center, on site where demolition polluted Little Village, includes bike-ped path (Tribune)
- 700 units, new pedestrian bridge planned 7 miles southeast of Aurora Metra station (Tribune)
- Should Chicago’s lakefront be turned into a national park? (Tribune)
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Metra unveils 2021 construction projects, Peterson/Ridge station delayed
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Metra announced a number of major construction projects for the 2021 construction season – but already, one of those construction projects has been pushed back a few months.
DuSable Drive ordinance passes in committee after a “tumultuous” hearing
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After all the sturm and drang, the ordinance passed the committee unopposed and will go on to a full Council vote.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 29
| | No Comments- CPD killing of Anthony Alvarez, 22, spurs more calls for foot chase reform (Block Club)
- Reader: CPD narrative on carjacking epidemic “built on shoddy data and anecdotal evidence”
- Proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable slated for a committee vote today (Tribune)
- Single dad killed in Franklin Park crash by DUI suspect allegedly fleeing police at 100 mph (ABC)
- Good Samaritan Uber driver rushes men to hospital after shooting, crash (Tribune)
- More weekday and weekend Electric Line service will be added next month (HP Herald)
- TOD proposed next to Morgan station with 320 units, 32 affordable, 90 parking spots (Block Club)
- Seminar on We Will Chicago, 1st citywide planning initiative in 50 years, today at noon
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Calculator Shows How Many Cars Will Come To Your Town’s New Highway
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An international nonprofit has developed a calculator to help Colorado residents quantify how adding highway miles in their state will translate into more cars on the road.
Here’s a sneak preview of where CDOT may be installing bikeways this year
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CDOT hasn't confirmed the locations yet, but CNT's Paul Esling has mapped out were the ChiStreetWork data portal indicates new bikeways are coming in this year.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 28
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- Metra’s new Edgewater station delayed again as city nixes green groundwater plan (Block Club)
- Lesley Engel, 53, killed in four-car crash in Naperville (Sun-Times)
- Chicago police looking for suspect who robbed, stabbed CTA passenger in the Loop (Fox)
- 6 Corners neighbors argue car-centric development would “bring suburbs to city” (Block Club)
- Vernon Hills school to launch P.E. class on bicycle safety and maintenance (Tribune)
- Lakeview’s under-‘L’ Low-Line Market Returns In June (Block Club)
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Advocates: Lightfoot’s infrastructure plan may be more of the car-centric status quo
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The Active Transportation Alliance and Metropolitan Planing Council say the plan lacks specifics and needs more transparency.
After United Center vaxx site becomes drive-through only, can you still walk to it?
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After the stadium vaccination site switches back to drive-through only on May 8, will you be able to access it on foot? It's not clear yet.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 27
| | No Comments- Lightfoot launches Chicago Works effort to repair crumbling city infrastructure (WTTW)
- ATA: Unfortunately, Lightfoot’s plan takes a “business-as-usual approach to transportation”
- Illinois one of 3 states to lose population in last decade, loses Congressional seat (Tribune)
- Hit-and-run driver killed male dirt bike rider, 27, at 83rd and Kimbark in Marynook (ABC)
- Franklin Park progressing on Metra crossing ped safety upgrades, ‘Quiet Zone’ efforts (Tribune)
- City: Wall to protect south lakefront from further erosion will be completed in 6 weeks (Block Club)
- Private lot booting is now banned in the 1st Ward (Block Club)
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