35th Ward upgrades include PBLs on Belmont, Kedzie, and protected intersection
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Several other sustainable transportation and public space projects are on the horizon in the 35th Ward.
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Ja’lon James, 11, struck in N. Lawndale is 3rd Chicago child killed in 2 weeks
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An 11-year-old boy was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver this morning near North Lawndale College Prep school.
Wilberto Rivera, 67, died 2 weeks after being struck on North Ave. in Humboldt Park
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While the driver told police Rivera appeared to be intoxicated, according to the Chicago municipal code, it was still the motorist's responsibility to avoid striking him.
LaSpata said bikeway blockage 311 service requests can result in tickets. CDOT denies this.
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Ald. Daniel LaSpata announced that Chicagoans can hold bikeway blockers accountable by creating a 311 service request that includes photos of the vehicle obstructing the lane and its license plates.
Divvy’s new pricing is unaffordable to many residents, and therefore inequitable
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Perversely, CDOT's and Lyft's community outreach plan was to explain to the public how the new pricing system works after members were already being charged the new e-bike fees.
At huge rally, demands for safe streets: “Let two beautiful souls, Rafi and Lily, guide us.”
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"This is our home... where we should be able to raise our families, where anyone can take a stroll, a bike ride, or ride their scooter without fearing the worst," said Rafi Cardenas' father at the demonstration. "It is evident that our streets are not safe."
CPD victim-blamed Lily Shambrook’s mom. Safe streets protest planned this Sunday.
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"The city can and should build safe infrastructure to prevent further loss of our friends, family, and loved ones," say protest organizers. "A better future is possible."
Lily Grace Shambrook, 3, killed by trucker, is 2nd recent child fatality on/near Leland
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Details are still emerging from a truck-bike crash that reportedly took the life of a female toddler riding on the back of her mother's bicycle this morning at Leland and Winthrop avenues in Uptown.
New perpendicular parking crams in more cars at Montrose Beach, raises safety concerns
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Parking was recently reconfigured at Montrose Beach at the request of local alderperson James Cappleman. The new layout raises traffic safety concerns.
Pickups and SUVs are driving the pedestrian death epidemic. But the tide may be turning.
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While big vehicles are safer for people on the inside, they're more deadly for those on the outside. But there's a movement to require safer automobile designs and create disincentives to owning oversized vehicles.
Hit-and-run driver struck and injured man, 54, on bike in Brighton Park, left plate behind
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The crash report says police recovered the license plate. Hopefully that, plus any available surveillance camera footage, will help bring the driver to justice.
Illinois lawmakers OK more expressway, DLSD cams, fail to legalize speed cams on highways
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Illinois lawmakers could have addressed the crash epidemic by legalizing speed cameras on expressways. Instead they took the politically easier step of cracking down on gun violence, without addressing traffic violence.