Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lincoln Park

No One Questions Parking Plan for Children’s Memorial Site

By Steven Vance | Feb 21, 2014 | 21 Comments

The Chicago Plan Commission yesterday unanimously voted to approve McCaffery Interests’ plan to build two 19-story apartment towers in Lincoln Park on the site of the former Children’s Memorial Hospital. The plan — revised many times before — was equally derided and praised by public commenters at yesterday’s five-hour meeting. People criticized the density and […]

Planning Study for Finkl Steel Site Needs to Consider Transit and Biking

By Steven Vance | Nov 8, 2013 | 26 Comments

With Finkl & Sons Steel vacating 22 acres along Cortland Street between Clybourn Avenue and the Chicago River, the U.S. Environental Protection Agency has given the economic development corporation North Branch Works $200,000 to create a plan that keeps the area industrial. As part of this process, it’s important for walking, biking, and transit to be integrated […]

Divvy Installs 300th Station as Members Keep Riding in Colder Temps

By Steven Vance | Oct 30, 2013 | 11 Comments

Divvy completed the first season’s rollout with the installation of the 300th station at Lincoln/Halsted/Fullerton yesterday afternoon. As the system has grown, annual members are making more trips, even while the temperature drops. As of yesterday there were 10,810 annual members, and the latest stats show that they are making more and more Divvy trips. […]

Woonerfs Are Great, But Lincoln Park Deserves a Car-Free Kenmore

By John Greenfield | Oct 7, 2013 | 42 Comments

Why do some people think Edgewater deserves to have a tranquil, car-free block of Kenmore Avenue running through its local college campus but Lincoln Park doesn’t? Loyola University is moving forward with its plan to build a completely pedestrianized street on the 6300 block of North Kenmore, which is almost totally surrounded by Loyola-owned buildings. […]

The Time Is Ripe to Fix Clark Street Next to Lincoln Park

By Steven Vance | Jul 30, 2013 | 25 Comments

The safety problems on Clark Street between North Avenue and Lincoln Park West are well known. The roadway is too wide, leading too many drivers to speed. Back in 2011, Bike Walk Lincoln Park co-organizer Michelle Stenzel wrote that Clark Street needs a road diet: A motorist heading northbound suddenly notices between the Chicago History Museum […]

New Configuration at Fullerton and LSD Confounds Peds and Cyclists

By Steven Vance | Jun 4, 2013 | 18 Comments

Last year the Chicago Department of Transportation reconfigured Fullerton Avenue between Cannon Drive and the lakefront to make it easier for cars to enter southbound Lake Shore Drive, at the expense of pedestrians and bicyclists. To make room for a dedicated right-turn lane and a second on-ramp lane, CDOT eliminated the south sidewalk of Fullerton, […]

Where Will Bike-Share Stations Go? System Map Begins to Take Shape

By Steven Vance | Apr 26, 2013 | 7 Comments

Chicago’s bike-share system, which will go by the name of Divvy, is on track to launch by the Bike To Work Day Rally on June 14. Divvy will start out with 75 stations in downtown and River North before growing to about 400 stations in an area roughly bounded by Lake Michigan, Devon, California and 63rd. […]

The Fullerton Rehab May Slow LSD Buses, Not Just Peds and Bikes

By John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2013 | 5 Comments

When I attended the ribbon cutting for the reconfiguration of Fullerton Avenue at Lake Shore Drive last December, there was a lot of talk from city officials about how the rehab would improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. In reality this redesign, planned before forward-thinking Chicago Department of Transportation chief Gabe Klein took office, seems […]

Redesigning North Avenue to Better Serve its Purpose: Shopping

By Guest Contributor | Jan 22, 2013 | 10 Comments

Shaun Jacobsen is an Uptown resident working in market research for a French company. He graduated recently from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with majors in French and sociology, and a minor in urban planning. He writes in a personal blog, Transitized, about international perspectives on local transportation issues. This article was originally published on Transitized on […]