Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Logan Square

Eyes on the Street: Truth in Car Advertising

By Steven Vance | Feb 14, 2013 | 20 Comments

This advertisement for safe driving has been posted for a couple of months on a bus stop shelter for the 56-Milwaukee at California Avenue. It’s sponsored by the Auto Alliance and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (the kind who will fix your broken bones after a car crash). A woman dressed in a gown […]

Making the Whole Route to School Safer for Walking and Biking

By Steven Vance | Feb 1, 2013 | 6 Comments

Earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune published an analysis of Chicago traffic crash data, finding that “from 2007 through 2011, nearly 1,700 youths, ages 5 to 18, were struck by vehicles in Chicago within about a block of a school.” Half of all pedestrian injuries to children occur near schools, and it’s great to have […]