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The bike station building. Image: Google Maps

Hub312 is closing this month. Could Millennium Park lose its bike station for good?

By John Greenfield | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

If there's any truth to the rumor that the center will be transformed from a bike parking service to a CPD facility, there's certain to be a backlash from cycling enthusiasts and and "defund the police" types.

The ghost bike installation ceremony for Gerardo Marciales, 41, last April at Balbo/DLSD. Photo: John Greenfield

State rep and mayoral hopeful Kam Buckner calls on IDOT to make DuSable LSD safer

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully as more people demand a different approach, IDOT will finally begin to prioritize safety and convenience for all road users, not just drivers.

Estación Kedzie Orange Line. Foto: Jeff Zoline

Los pasajeros del CTA del lado suroeste han seguido teniendo retrasos

By Ruth Rosas | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

¿Cómo afectará el plan de acción de CTA la confiabilidad, la seguridad y la satisfacción del cliente?

The Kedzie Orange Line stop. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Southwest Side CTA riders have continued to experience service gaps

By Ruth Rosas | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

How will CTA’s action plan affect reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction?

South Shore Line staff at the Gary Metro Center station on August 20, trying to figure out which train passengers should go on what shuttle buses. Customers going to different stations east of there were eventually directed to different buses. Photo: John Greenfield

The South Shore Line’s shuttle bus service is a bit of a mess

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

If you need to get to Beverly Shores or Michigan City's Uptown district, your transit trip may be completely screwed up.

The House Music Ride heads towards Daley's Restaurant, Chicago's oldest eatery, and the Cottage Grove Green Line station. Photo: John Greenfield

“Follow Me”: Equiticity leads a joyous House Music Ride through Chicago’s South Side

By John Greenfield | Sep 2, 2022 | No Comments

"Some of these neighborhoods have experienced disproportionate levels of violence, so to see something positive come through their neighborhood, people start smiling and they start dancing."

CDOT holds Vision Zero workshop in Washington Park

By Lindsay Bayley | Sep 2, 2022 | No Comments

CDOT held a traffic safety workshop in the Washington Park neighborhood as part of a continuation of their Vision Zero Southside initiative.

Once again, car-centric streets contribute to death of a child on a bike, Julian Medina, 14

By John Greenfield | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

If bike and pedestrian safety had previously been prioritized at this location, perhaps Julian would still be alive today.

Kinzie is currently a mix of curb-protected and non-protected bike lanes. Photo: John Greenfield

Eyes on the Street: Curb protection on Kinzie Street, and the Dearborn detour

By John Greenfield | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

Adding robust physical protection is very important for making bikeways safer and more appealing to less-confident cyclists.

After the driver of this SUV ran a red, another motorist struck his vehicle, sending it careening onto the sidewalk, striking pedestrians before hitting the wall the wall. Photo: John Greenfield

For the 2nd time this month a driver ran red, causing severe injury to people at bus stop

By John Greenfield | Aug 31, 2022 | No Comments

Seven people were injured in the collision, and at least one of the pedestrians at the bus stop lost a limb.

During a weekend of street races, a speeding driver killed Shawman Meireis, 40, on foot

By John Greenfield | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

Whether or it turns out that this tragedy was related to drag racing, clearly there should have serious consequences for the killer, but so far he has merely received traffic tickets.

GoFundMe launched for family of Fengan Yan, 55, killed on bike in Armour Square

By John Greenfield | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

Sadly, it's very common for reckless and negligent Chicago drivers to take the lives of vulnerable road users, and only be punished with traffic citations.

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