Courtney Cobbs
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The Berwyn Greenway in Lincoln Square is an upgrade, but more traffic calming is needed
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The greenway includes a contraflow bike lane, facilitating two-way bike traffic between the Chicago River and Western Avenue.
Parsons Apartments affordable TOD developer Bickerdike will build new eTOD at City Lit site
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Logan Square has been seen a symbol of gentrification within Chicago. To help slow the tide of displacement, new affordable housing developments have been proposed. Read more learn about a new housing development near the Logan Square Blue Line.
E-buses are great, but Climate Reality Project should also push for effective bus lanes
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Climate Reality Project’s desire to see more electric buses is understandable, but could the group do more good by lobbying for bus lanes and legalizing camera enforcement of those lanes?
New group Chicago, Bike Grid Now! pushes for network of traffic-calmed side streets
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! is a new bike advocacy group in Chicago. Streetsblog Chicago sat down with two of the lead organizers to discuss the group's demands and their thoughts on the current advocacy landscape in Chicago.
Final Connected Communities equitable TOD ordinance headed to zoning committee
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The final draft of the Connected Communities ordinance has been released. We looked at some of the changes the ordinance proposes.
CDOT and Divvy will hold adaptive cycling sessions to make bike-share more inclusive
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CDOT, Divvy, and Adaptive Adventures are holding free adaptive cycling sessions where people with disabilities can ride adaptive bikes.
Ordinance would require walk/bike/transit upgrades whenever streets are repaved
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The goal of the legislation is to ensure that every time CDOT repaves a street, rather than simply restriping it the same way as before, it prioritizes the needs of people walking, biking, and riding transit.
Here are the details on new curb-protected lanes on Clark between Irving to Montrose
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The plan for Clark between Irving Park and Montrose includes concrete curb-protected bike lanes, bus boarding islands, and a lower speed limit.
CDOT plan to upgrade all “protected” lanes w/ concrete is good. Here’s how to improve it.
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CDOT should make sure the concrete protection is easy to see and the lanes are well maintained, and the department should be filling in non-protected gaps in the network.
Meet state rep, Chicago mayoral hopeful, and safe streets advocate Kam Buckner
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Buckner caught my attention at the huge Safe Streets for All rally on June 13 in Lincoln Square and Uptown because he was one of the few Black people in attendance.
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.
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."