Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about CDOT

Scooters on Milwaukee Avenue last year. Photo: John Greenfield

Scooter pilot starts later this summer across the city, minus downtown and trails

By John Greenfield | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

The rules include a "lock-to" requirement; excluding the devices from the central business district; and provisions to promote racial and economic equity.

A Slow Street in Oakland. Photo: Arvi Sreenivasan via Twitter

CDOT: Cortland, Glenwood, Palmer, Leland will be “Shared streets for physical distancing”

By John Greenfield | May 26, 2020 | No Comments

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.

A "Slow Street" in Oakland. Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press

MPC, Council on Global Affairs staffers urge the city to open streets during pandemic

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments

Sidewalks, parks, and trails are crowded in Chicago, and speeding and sever crashes are up. Local transportation leaders say it's time for an open streets program.

Chicago’s pandemic plan includes free Divvy for healthcare workers, $1 rides

By John Greenfield | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

The plan also includes breaks for transit riders, taxi and ride-hail drivers, and paratransit users.

"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

Scooters near the Kedzie Pink Line stop in North Lawndale. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Main finding of Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot: “We need to do another pilot”

By John Greenfield | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

The study also found there were 192 reported scooter injuries in four months, and 34 percent of online survey respondents said they used the devices to go to or from transit.

It’s official: After City Council approval, Gia Biagi is now the new CDOT chief

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

Bia's responsibilities will include studying, and possibly implementing congestion pricing, and helping to speed up bus service.

A driver blocks the Chicago Avenue bus lane near Clark Street. Photo: CDOT

Bus-sted: City says traffic aides will enforce Chicago Ave. and Western Ave. bus lanes

By John Greenfield | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

When it comes to speeding up bus service, bus lanes are basically only as good as their enforcement.

Sunset from the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

All the ways we can make 2020 a springboard for sustainable transportation in Chicago

By Courtney Cobbs | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

Here are a bunch of ways you can make a difference in the sustainable transportation landscape in Chicago,

The Lincoln Village Bridge, aka the Stone Free Bridge. Photo: John Greenfield

The Stone Free Bridge, the span that Ald. Berny Stone blocked, is finally built

By John Greenfield | Dec 23, 2019 | No Comments

Did alderman Berny Stone block the construction of the span due to concerns about safety or NIMBYism? Either way, the story is a cautionary tale about aldermanic prerogative.

Cyclists detour around a construction site in Wicker Park. Photo: John Greenfield

311 is a joke? No, but some bike lane blockage reports are going unaddressed

By Courtney Cobbs | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

According to Bike Lane Uprising, a site that documents bikeway obstructions, 311 requests about bike lanes are getting closed before they actually get resolved.

Gia Biagi, right, at Studio Gang's West Town office. Photo: Studio Gang

Advocates laud Lightfoot’s pick of Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi as transportation chief

By John Greenfield | Dec 10, 2019 | No Comments

Biagi comes to CDOT from Jeanne Gang's renowned design firm Studio Gang.

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