Chicago
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
May 29, 2019
Are We Starting to See Progress Toward Vision Zero?
Looking at the data, a positive trend may be starting to emerge, but advocates say mayors aren't doing enough.
May 22, 2019
Dockless Companies Deliver Bike-Share to Underserved Areas
Dockless bike-share is coming to Camden, New Jersey, and Chicago's South Side. But so far, the commitments have been small.
May 10, 2018
Oboi Reed Launches Equiticity, a New Group to Push for Mobility Justice Nationwide
Their first project is to bring dockless bike-share to Chicago's South and West Sides.
November 6, 2017
Vote for the Best Street Transformation of 2016
Street redesigns from Oakland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, Rochester and Chicago are competing for the title.
December 23, 2016
Vote for the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2015
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2015, which means we're about to hand out Streetsies to recognize achievements for walking, biking, and transit in American cities this year.
December 22, 2015
The Inside Story of How Chicago Built the Dearborn Street Bike Lane
Editor's note: As transportation commissioner for DC and later Chicago, Gabe Klein was pivotal in the development of a new model for big-city DOTs. Along with Janette Sadik-Khan in New York, Klein (who sits on the board of OpenPlans, the organization that publishes Streetsblog) pioneered an approach that prioritized people instead of cars and emphasized the importance of quick action to gain the public's confidence.
October 26, 2015
House Transpo Bill Spells Trouble for Transit Projects Across America
A provision in the House GOP's new transportation bill threatens to upend how transit agencies fund major capital projects, delaying or killing efforts to expand and maintain rail and bus networks.
October 23, 2015
Ghost Parcels Show How Urban Highways Squandered Valuable Land
Here’s a great illustration of how incredibly destructive and wasteful it is to run elevated highways through cities. New York City-based artist and planning consultant Neil Freeman, who grew up in Chicago, put together these haunting images of Cook County land parcel maps superimposed over aerials of expressway interchanges in the West Loop, River West, Bridgeport and Chinatown.
October 7, 2015
The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Catch a Bus to Work
It's been called "the geography of opportunity." And David Levinson is trying to make a science of it.
October 7, 2014