Courtney Cobbs
Recent Posts
Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus
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How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?
Resources for Getting Started Living Car-Free in Chicago
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These websites, videos, apps, and maps will make it easier for newbies to get around the region on transit and bike.
Alfresco program will encourage outdoor dining, community space on car-free streets
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The city of Chicago is accepting proposals for long-term outdoor dining projects to support tourism and activate neighborhood streets.
City seeks to make northern stretch of Western Avenue more people-friendly
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The City of Chicago is looking to redesign Western Avenue and seeks to gather community input on what residents, business owners, and stakeholders would like to see.
2nd affordable transit-oriented development proposed near Logan Square station
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A proposal for a housing development near the Logan Square Blue Line station includes 64 affordable units. If approved, the site would be the second transit-oriented development near the 'L' stop.
Chicago housing department says it will prioritize racial equity in affordable housing resources
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The racial equity impact assessment will help ensure that developments supported by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits are equitably allocated to address the needs of BIPOC communities.
McKinley Park Seeks To Make Walking, Biking Safer
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The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning recently released a comprehensive plan for McKinley Park, a working-class Southwest Side neighborhood.
General Iron’s relocation to the Southeast Side is a mobility justice issue
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We cannot expect residents to take up active transportation when their environment puts them at greater risk of respiratory disease.
Study: Employee Status Would Help Chicagoland Uber, Lyft Drivers
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Like it or not, ride-hail companies are part of the transportation landscape in Chicagoland. We should classify them as employees to ensure they get fair wages, benefits, and protections.
Advocates: Ending license revocation for traffic cam tickets is the right thing to do
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Taking away people's licenses for failing to pay tickets doesn't necessarily make our streets safer, but it does cause economic hardship.
Will CDOT’s new strategic plan be a turning point for equitable transportation?
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Hopefully CDOT’s strategic plan will produce more than just another report that sits on a shelf without leading to substantive change.
Why the history of racism in transportation enforcement and planning still matters today
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Mobility justice advocates discussed how the past must inform efforts to address present-day transportation inequities.