Alderman Martin approves 48-unit equitable TOD at Zia’s restaurant site in Lakeview
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This project seems like a good template for equitable transit-oriented development that should be emulated elsewhere on the North Side.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about 47th Ward
New TOD planned for Zia’s Lago Via site in Lakeview
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This site is a half-mile walk from the Irving Park Brown Line station, and is also on the relatively high-frequency Ashland Avenue bus corridor.
Leland Slow Street in 47th Ward ends Sunday, permanent greenway coming next year
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Let's raise a toast to the Leland Slow Street, which has helped make the COVID-19 lockdown a little more bearable for local residents and families.
New Maplewood / Campbell bikeways are a youth-driven participatory budgeting project
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The Youth Council from Waters Elementary, including student aged 8-12, proposed the project.
Creating the Grace Greenway from the 312 River Run to the Lakefront Trail would be easy
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The city cleverly legalized westbound riding on this low-stress street with a block of contraflow bike lane. A couple more short stretches of contraflow further east could make Grace even more bikeable.
Eyes on the Street: New Slow Street is in on School and Henderson in Lakeview
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Now that Henderson is fully traffic-calmed, it looks like a great place for kids to do laps on bikes or scooters, of for grown-ups to go for a jog.
School and Henderson streets in Lakeview will become Slow Streets on Monday
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Community feedback on the idea has been positive so far, so assuming there's no major opposition this week, it will be installed next week.
Martin: Let’s prioritize transportation equity, catch up with other cities on biking
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Martin's Transportation and Infrastructure Budget Town Hall was an opportunity to get info on the city’s transportation budget and provide feedback on priorities for transportation spending.
Talking about Slow Streets and equitable community input
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47th Ward alderman Matt Martin hosted a panel on these topics with reps from the Active Transportation Alliance, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Streetsblog Chicago.
Leland Slow Street will be expanded west to the Chicago River tomorrow.
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CDOT is also adding more signs to the existing Slow Streets on Leland and near the Bloomingdale Trail to make sure drivers know that the streets aren't to be used as cut-throughs.
Topics at 47th Ward meeting: Using transit to encourage density, Bike to School Day
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Transit consultant Ed Zotti, talked about his idea for waterfront transit lines at the 47th Ward Transit Committee meeting.