Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity

A red light camera near Graceland Cemetery in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. Photo: John Greenfield

Podcast: A conversation with UIC researchers about Chicago’s traffic camera program

By John Greenfield | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

During the conversation, the UIC researchers discussed potential equity issues with the program, as well as sharing the nitty-gritty of their methodology.

GPTC Route R1 and other buses wait at the Adam Benjamin Metro Center, the main GPTC transfer hub that doubles as the downtown Gary South Shore Line station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Gary, Indiana considers a switch to all-electric buses

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

GPTC bought four electric buses that are expected to be delivered by late spring/early summer. They will primarily be used on the Broadway, one of Gary’s main commercial thoroughfares.

Carlos, un residente de Cicero que depende de la CTA. Foto: Ruth Rosas

Los retrasos de la CTA están haciendo los viajes al trabajo más difícil

By Ruth Rosas | Jan 17, 2022 | No Comments

La atrición en la agencia de tránsito refleja la tendencia creciente que los trabajadores en EE. UU. están cansados de ser devaluados y de no tener seguridad suficiente en el trabajo.

A red light camera in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood and a paint-and-post sidewalk extension in the Austin community. Photos: Jeff Zoline, CDOT

How should we respond to the UIC and ProPublica reports on Chicago traffic cameras?

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.

A speed camera on North Avenue near Pulaski Road in Humboldt Park. Photo: John Greenfield

UIC Study: Speed cams save lives, but drivers from POC communities get more tickets

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

City officials say they plan to use the findings from the report to improve the program, and note that low-income residents will get a 50 percent discount on traffic tickets starting in March.

A raised bike lane on Commonwealth Avenue near Boston College. A facility like this can encourage "normal" people to bike. Photo: John Greenfield

Who should we really be building bikeways for?

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.

A speed camera, left, on Ogden Avenue in Douglas Park. Photo: Steven Vance

Illinois Policy Institute runs a misleading article on Chicago’s 6 mph speed camera rule

By John Greenfield | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

The right-wing think tank plays up the program's revenue generation, downplays its safety benefits, and contains plenty of misleading statements and outright misinformation.

A community meeting on El Paseo bike and pedestrian trail plan in Little Village in 2016. Photo: John Greenfield

Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.

Una sesión comunitaria sobre el plan El Paseo, el sendero de bicicletas y peatones, en La Villita en 2016. Foto: John Greenfield

Mejor accesibilidad lingüística y más formación de coaliciones

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

En una profesión como la planificación urbana, que es técnica y política, y requiere la participación ciudadana y acción comunitaria, la accesibilidad lingüística es sola una herramienta necesaria.

Una nueva ciclovía verde contracorriente en Wrightwood Avenue. Foto: Ruth Rosas

(Español) ¿Qué piensan los residentes de Belmont Cragin cerca las nuevas ciclovías?

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 15, 2021 | No Comments

En 2022, tendremos mejor idea cómo estas nuevas ciclovías cambiaron la comunidad y cómo los residentes se han ajustado.

CTA rendering of bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue.

No, concerns about equity didn’t kill the Ashland BRT plan. A car-centric backlash did.

By John Greenfield | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

It's not that city officials need to pick a more equitable street for bus rapid transit next time. They just need to show some backbone.

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