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NTSB Reports on O’Hare Blue Line Crash Causes, $9.1 Million Damages (ABC/AP, DNA) RTA Chairman Criticizes Quinn’s Transit Task Force, Asks for $5 Billion in Bonds (Sun-Times) CTA Re-Assesses Detours...
View ArticleParking Craters Aren’t Just Ugly, They’re a Cancer on Your City’s Downtown
Downtown Hartford’s Phoenix Building sits atop a moat of (what else?) parking. Photo: Brian Herzog, via Flickr Streetsblog’s Parking Madness competition has highlighted the blight that results when...
View Article11 Simple Ways to Speed Up Your City’s Buses
Turning at busy intersections slows down buses, so many transit agencies are simplifying routes to speed up service. Photo: Steven Vance All across America, city buses are waiting. Waiting at...
View ArticleA Plan to Fill the Hole in Rosemont’s Heart
Currently, the hotel at right is the nearest building to Rosemont station, but it’s a nine-minute walk away. Photo: CTA The northwest suburban village of Rosemont has always been divided by busy...
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Active Trans Applauds the Blue Cross/Divvy Deal CTA Closes $79 Million Federal TIFIA Loan For 95th Street Station (Metro Magazine) $1.07 Million ITEP Grant Bankrolls New Glenview Bike Paths (Tribune)...
View ArticleFifteen Complaints Filed Every Day About Reckless Taxi Drivers
Any driving is reckless driving on the Lakefront Trail. Photo via get directly down/Flickr The current debate over rideshare legislation within City Hall and in Springfield has aired the resentment...
View ArticleWells-Wentworth Project Will Fix Intersection, Spark Riverfront Development
CDOT rendering showing the intersection reconfiguration, the new library, and the road extension. For years, Chinatown has welcomed visitors with a red ceremonial gateway straddling Wentworth Street...
View ArticleMapping How Far You Can Bike Without Breaking a Sweat
Stopping to make left turns costs cyclists, like this cargo bike rider in Toronto, considerable energy. Photo: Dylan Passmore/Flickr Any bicyclist knows that maps can be quite deceiving at first...
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New Metra UP-North Station at Peterson Delayed One Year (Sun-Times) Better to Have No Bike Lock Than a Cable Lock in Chicago? (The Wire) 14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Driver on Route 53 in Joliet (CBS)...
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Did You Bike To Work Today? Bicycle Commuter Challenge Continues All Week [Active Trans] Ontario Bridge Demolition Sped Up, “Carmageddon” “Not That Bad” [Sun-Times] The Bronzeville Bike Box Opened On...
View ArticleJoin Us Tonight For Our Streetsblog Chicago / Alta Happy Hour
Bike planner extraordinaire Mia Birk. Tonight, Streetsblog Chicago will be co-hosting a happy hour with Mia Birk‘s planning firm, Alta Planning + Design. Join us from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. in the...
View ArticleChicagoland’s Newest Bicycle Delivery Service Brings Safety to Suburban Kids
On-bike education helps Oak Park kids feel confident and safe biking not just around the schoolyard, but around town. Photo: Active Trans. All around the country, and especially in suburban areas,...
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43rd Street Pedestrian Bridge To Lakefront Will Finally Be Rebuilt (DNA) Pride Parade Means More Frequent Trains, Detoured Bus Routes On Sunday (WLS-TV) Civil Suit Filed Against Hit-And-Run Driver Who...
View ArticleWicker Park Counts Up Better Ways to Use Its 11,650 Parking Spaces
A CMAP infographic about transportation around Wicker Park and Bucktown. Every Saturday night at dusk, the main streets in Wicker Park and Bucktown seize up. The stalled lines of cars don’t just...
View ArticleTalking Shared Space With Ben Hamilton-Baillie
Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only city in America with a city law that defines “shared streets,” passed to provide wider walkways along Winthrop Street near Harvard Square. Photo: Leslee/Flickr...
View ArticleThe Secrets of Successful Transit Projects — Revealed!
The Trax light rail system in Salt Lake City has the hallmarks of high-ridership transit. Photo: CountyLemonade/Flickr All across America, cities are investing in new transit lines. Which of these...
View ArticleAlta Chief: Bike-Share Expansions Unlikely in 2014
There was no shortage of Bixi bikes at this 2012 conference, but there is now. Photo: Dylan Passmore/Flickr Despite continually growing ridership, Alta Bicycle Share-operated bike-share systems across...
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Helmet Rentals Could Come to a Divvy Dock Near You (ABC7) Continuing Metra Budget Woes Could Force 2015 Fare Hike (Tribune) Public Meeting On Thursday About PBLs Along Clybourn’s “Bobby Cann Way”...
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“Sacrifice Parking” For Parkland At Montrose Beach? Moss Design Makes Newsworthy Comment (Tribune) MPC Prez: Sky Really Is Falling On Transportation Funding (Crain’s) Ald. Reilly Wants To Restrict...
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Clybourn Bike Lane Would Be City’s First PBL With Curbs (DNA) Bike Commuter Challenge Winners Include Art Institute, CMAP, CTA, Orbitz, SRAM (Active Trans) Park District Buys Bikes For Use On The Job...
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