Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about safety

Critical Mass rules! But please don't do it tomorrow. Photo: John Greenfield

Please don’t ride in Critical Mass tomorrow. Do your own #CoronaMass instead.

By John Greenfield | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Instead of doing the group ride, take a solo excursion or ride with household members or a friend or two, and share photos on social media with the hashtag #CoronaMass.

San Francisco mayor London Breed. Image: ABC News

San Francisco is ordering residents to “shelter in place.” All major cities should do that.

By John Greenfield | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

It's probably only a matter of time before Chicago does the same thing, and all other big cities should follow suit.

Having lots of people ride on crowded trains is bad idea if we're going to slow coronavirus transmission. Photo: John Greenfield

If you need to ride transit during the pandemic, do it. If you don’t, avoid it.

By John Greenfield | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

If you don't need to use public transportation during the pandemic, do the right thing and avoid riding it, which will make conditions safer for those who have no other option.

Bike riders at North/Damen/Milwaukee in Wicker Park. Photo: John Greenfield

A silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic: more walking, biking, and telecommuting

By John Greenfield | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments

Hopefully a few months from now the pandemic will be behind us, but the positive trends of more people walking and biking to work or telecommuting will be a permanent thing.

How not to be a garbage person when you’re driving

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments

Driving isn’t like a video game. It is part of our lives, part of the legacy we leave as people.

Scooters near the Kedzie Pink Line stop in North Lawndale. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Main finding of Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot: “We need to do another pilot”

By John Greenfield | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

The study also found there were 192 reported scooter injuries in four months, and 34 percent of online survey respondents said they used the devices to go to or from transit.

The death of Angie Monroy was a reminder that gun violence is a mobility justice issue

By Lynda Lopez | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

As transit and mobility advocates, we need to talk more openly about violence on our streets and how it intersects with our work.

The aftermath of a side-impact crash. Image: Wikipedia

If Illinois bans red light cameras, Springfield lawmakers will have blood on their hands

By John Greenfield | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments

Bills have been introduced in Springfield to ban the cams statewide, but data from cities that have banned automated enforcement show significant increases in serious and fatal crashes.

What Can We Do to Make Dockless Electric Scooters Safer?

By John Greenfield | Aug 30, 2019 | 9 Comments

Rentable dockless electric scooters have about nine times the fatality rate of bike-share.

Cyclists on Dickens Avenue in Lincoln Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Cyclephobia: Fears of Reckless Bike Riders May Be Overblown, but Empathy Is Still Needed

By John Greenfield | Aug 8, 2019 | 15 Comments

Reckless driving is an exponentially bigger threat, but a person with a disability's stories of being struck by sidewalk riders is a reminder that bike-pedestrian crashes are no laughing matter either.

A scooter rider (not Lynda) on Milwaukee Avenue in River North. Photo: John Greenfield

My Experiences Test-Riding Scooters in Chicago

By Lynda Lopez | Jul 8, 2019 | 12 Comments

Streetsblog reporter Lynda Lopez gives the new technology a spin and says smoother-riding devices, and more education and outreach are needed.

The June 10 crash near the Diversey bridge. Photo: Jeff Linder via Twitter

Guardrails Installed on South Lakefront; 2nd Crash in 2 Weeks Reported Near Diversey

By John Greenfield | Jul 3, 2019 | 6 Comments

The park district says railing have been installed 41st Street and the point, but after two recent crashes near Diversey advocates say more protection is needed near the North Side as well.

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