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Western Avenue looking south towards 110th Street. Image: Google Maps

Driver fatally struck Allen Lee Jr., 88, on 5-lane Western Avenue in Morgan Park

By John Greenfield | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

Lee was one of five pedestrians fatally struck on Chicago streets this year.

A mockup of the Chicago of the Chicago Moves gas or transit card, with Lightfoot's name on it. Image via WTTW

This week in gas-pandering: Wilson plans 3rd giveaway, Lightfoot’s gas cards advance

By John Greenfield | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

Come on, Chicago politicians, when it comes to sucking up to motorists, let's not have a race to the bottom.

Looking west on Sunnyside Avenue towards Hazel Street. Construction fencing and cars parked too close to the intersection may have blocked the driver's view of the crosswalk at the south leg of the intersection. Photo: John Greenfield

Driver who failed to yield fatally struck Yehuala Melkama, 44, in Uptown crosswalk

By John Greenfield | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

Drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk and striking them is sadly a common phenomenon in Chicago.

Andar en bicicleta en el suroeste con Southwest Collective

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Collective se enfoca en los vecindarios de Archer Heights, Ashburn, Back of the Yards, Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, Scottsdale, The Lawns y West Elsdon.

Biking on the Southwest Side with Southwest Collective

By Ruth Rosas | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Southwest Side of Chicago is known for its high levels of industry among residential areas. This makes cycling challenging, but come learn about a collective working improve conditions for walking and biking.

An aerial view of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, looking south from Diversey Avenue towards the Loop. Photo: Steven Vance

The NDLSD planning process is an opportunity to create a better future. Will IDOT do so?

By Michael Podgers | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

"We’re really at a crucial point in the history of humanity when we can make a real bold decision to have a better future. We should seize the moment.”

Still from the Better Streets for Buses plan video.

Chicago seeks input for Better Streets for Buses plan: “The people who ride buses matter”

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

But will the initiative get shelved like Ashland BRT, or watered down like Loop Link due to pushback from drivers and merchants, plus bureaucratic inertia?

Cyclist Paresh Chhatrala, 42, died after crash on Madison, where medians were removed

By John Greenfield | Apr 18, 2022 | No Comments

Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the collision might have been avoided if the city hadn't removed planter medians from the street a couple years ago to facilitate faster driving.

Photo of a bus stop boarding island on Milwaukee Avenue at Carpenter Street.

Chicago needs to ramp up the number of bus stop boarding islands

By Steven Lucy | Apr 15, 2022 | No Comments

Chicago has a problem when it comes to bus stops and bike lanes. Too often when a bus needs to access the curb, it enters the bike lane, cutting off cyclists and also providing a gap in physical bike lane protection that is then abused by drivers who block the bike lane with their cars […]

The 4400 block of North Kedzie in Albany Park in August 2019. Image: Google Maps

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