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Streetsblog Chicago

@streetsblogchi

The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Bluesky: (at)chi.streetsblog(dot)org.

Chicago, IL

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Jun 9
Nice: At least 6/50 Chicago alders were at last night's memorial, and presumably 5 did the ride. (Anyone got a photo of Ald. La Spata we can run? Please pass it along.) Bridgeport/Chinatown rep Ald. Nicole Lee didn't bike, but talked with us. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/09/the… @the48thward
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Apr 3, 2020
When you say, "It's irresponsible for people to go out walking or jogging during the pandemic, because there's not enough room on sidewalks for social distancing," what you mean is, "It's irresponsible for cities to give so much public space to cars and so little to pedestrians."
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Nov 30, 2020
Emails obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that Metra deputy executive director John Milano referred to the South Shore Line's Mask Optional Car as "the dumb ass car." vice.com/en/article/7k9…
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Jul 24, 2025
Wouldn't it be great if residents and visitors could stroll between Buckingham and Lake Michigan without walking across an eight-lane highway? The capping Grant Park Framework Plan proposes capping DLSD to make that a reality. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/23/put…
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Jan 17, 2020
Despite our earlier tweet today about great winter bike ridership in Chicago's Milwaukee Ave. protected bike lane, everything isn't peaches and cream. Come on @onepeloton, first the controversial "Peloton Wife" ad, and now this? Photo: Kevin Conway
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Dec 10, 2018
"Bike infrastructure is a waste of taxpayer dollars." The cost to-date of Chicago's Jane Byrne interchange expansion is $600M. That's about 20 times the cost of 6K @divvybikes & 600 stations. Divvy has turned a net profit for the city of $2M+ for the last 4 years, $3.7M in 2017.
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Jul 15, 2021
Police union president John Catanzara said of the off-duty officer who fatally struck Hershel Weinberger, 9, on his bike, "Any person could be in his shoes." But witnesses say the cop ran a stop sign. Why hasn't he been cited or charged? chi.streetsblog.org/2021/07/15/off…
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Jun 13, 2022
We could make Chicago much safer for families by creating a citywide grid of side streets w/ traffic diverters. Drivers could access destinations on side streets, but not use them as crosstown routes. Yes, motorists would have to tweak their habits a bit, but it would save lives.
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Mar 25, 2022
Chicago's not "a car city," it's a multimodal city where almost 1/3 of households don't own cars. We have the potential to have great conditions for transit, walking & biking. @chicagosmayor wants to make gas cheaper. What's her plan to offer better alternatives to driving? (1/2)
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Jun 13, 2022
Here's the new Jersey Wall protected bike lane on Wacker, installed as a temporary detour between Dearborn and Clark while Dearborn bridge is rehabbed, photographed by a reader. Wouldn't it be great if we had (safer, parking-proof, quick, cheap) bikeways like this citywide ASAP?
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Jan 17, 2020
A common argument: "It's stupid to spend money on building physically protected bike lanes. Nobody uses them during the winter." That's not the case. This is what Chicago's Milwaukee Avenue looked like this morning in about 25 degrees F. Photo: @RudyFaust
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Apr 25, 2022
Mayor Lightfoot has boasted that Chicago was the only big city that didn't cut transit service during COVID – on paper that is. However, a data analysis found that since early December the Blue Line has only run about 52% of scheduled runs. chi.streetsblog.org/2022/04/25/dat… @TransitCenter
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Nov 28, 2018
"Why do we bother spending money on bike infrastructure? Nobody uses it during the winter." Yesterday, after a storm dropped several inches of snow on Chicago, causing *very* messy conditions, the @DivvyBikes system saw 1,868 trips. Photo: Clint Midwestwood
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Nov 20, 2018
*Me on a first date* My brain: Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it "If we converted two lanes of every four-lane Chicago street to bus rapid transit, everyone would get around more safely and efficiently."