Sharon Hoyer
Recent Posts
Video Shows Crash Victim Was Dragged 50 Feet, Infuriating Residents
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Greater protection for people on bicycles is imperative, such as robust protected bike lanes with concrete curbs, Jersey barriers, or rigid bollards.
Despite Loop activity plunge during Omicron, January CLA report shows slow recovery
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As COVID restrictions ease it is crucial that transit agencies, employers and the city make public transportation the safest, most convenient, and most affordable option for travel downtown.
Chicago Loop Alliance report shows more downtown walking, transit use, less parking
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The disturbing trend of a higher-than-normal number of parking reservations has finally eased, with the number dipping below pre-pandemic averages in the last two weeks of 2021.
Teen Fatally Struck by Trucker Remembered at Gathering
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Almost a hundred attendees stopped by to pay their respects, the majority of whom were teens and young adults.
“Biking Where Black” Study Shows Correlation of Danger, Tickets
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The report Barajas postulates that improved bicycle infrastructure could reduce citations and to some extent mitigate police overreach by reducing sidewalk riding.
Loop pedestrian, transit counts slowly returning to normal, but parking is still way up
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The announcement at the top of this month’s recovery report from the Chicago Loop Alliance, which tracks pedestrian levels, transportation use and office and hotel occupancy, is a gradual return of life downtown. The Loop Alliance’s eighteen pedestrian counters situated along State Street from Wacker to Ida B. Wells logged over one million people per […]
Plan Attacks Transportation Equity Gap
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CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.
Transpo Honcho Seeks To Make E-Scooters Permanent
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An ordinance proposed by 21st Ward alderman seeks to make the scooters a permanent part of Chicago’s transportation system.
Chicago Gets Low ‘People for Bikes’ Rating
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People for Bikes and the Active Transportation Alliance agree that Chicago should focus on lowering the default speed limit and building a network of protected bike lines to encourage more cycling.
Open Streets Promote Good Mental Health
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Urban design that makes space for residents to safely and easily interact with the outdoors and each other plays a major role in both physical and psychological well-being.
Transportation for America Panel: Bold vision is needed to achieve transit funding parity
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Panelists also agreed that connecting representatives with the real-life stories of their constituents is the most powerful way to build support for funding transit.
Buttigieg broadly commits to increased safety, equity, sustainability – details pending
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Buttigieg presented an ambitious vision for a more just and sustainable transportation system in the U.S. We’ll be eagerly following the funding, regulation and policy specifics of how this vision can be realized.