Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Peter Skosey

In 15 Days, Divvy Bike-Share Sold 1,300 Annual Memberships

By Steven Vance | Jun 14, 2013 | 25 Comments

Two of the major topics of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday were bike-share and the Dearborn Street bike lane. Divvy bike-share was supposed to launch with 40 stations today during the Bike To Work Day Rally, but on Tuesday, the company announced that the system would launch on June 28 with 75 […]

Circle Interchange Project Highlights Flaws in Regional Planning Process

By Steven Vance | Mar 15, 2013 | 16 Comments

The Illinois Department of Transportation’s Circle Interchange highway project appeared out of nowhere. It wasn’t around when the GO TO 2040 regional plan was being crafted and then adopted by 7 counties and 284 municipalities, a process that lasted from 2005 to 2010. It didn’t show up until 2012, when IDOT asked the Chicago Metropolitan Agency […]

As Circle Interchange Clears Another Hurdle, Doubts Remain About Its Value

By Steven Vance | Mar 11, 2013 | 23 Comments

On Friday, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning transportation committee voted to recommend the addition of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s $410 million Circle Interchange project to GO TO 2040, the official regional plan. According to CMAP’s estimates, the project will increase carbon emissions and decrease transit trips. Governor Pat Quinn has directed IDOT to pursue […]

How BRT Can Build Chicago’s Economy as Well as Improve Mobility

By Steven Vance | Jan 22, 2013 | 11 Comments

As planning advances for Chicago’s first full-fledged Bus Rapid Transit routes, public officials and advocates are starting to make the case that new, high-quality bus service is about more than getting people from point A to point B quickly and reliably. Those mobility benefits will be significant, but if BRT succeeds at improving transit trips […]