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  • Take a virtual ride on the newly completed Lincoln Avenue protected bike lanes in Lincoln Square
  • Amazing Grace: Take a virtual ride from the 312 RiverRun to the Lakefront Trail on the new Grace Street Neighborhood Gre
  • Logan Square’s street reconfiguration with new plazas is awesome. But there are some trouble spots, inspiring calls to “

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Take a virtual ride on the newly completed Lincoln Avenue protected bike lanes in Lincoln Square

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. From Archer Avenue in Brighton Park, to Grand Avenue in West Town, Complete Streets projects that involve converting car parking spaces...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Amazing Grace: Take a virtual ride from the 312 RiverRun to the Lakefront Trail on the new Grace Street Neighborhood Gre...

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. I’ve been looking forward to riding the new, almost completed Grace Street Neighborhood Greenway. (Check out the Chicago Departmen...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Logan Square’s street reconfiguration with new plazas is awesome. But there are some trouble spots, inspiring calls to “...

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. The atmosphere was joyous at Monday morning’s ribbon cutting for the Milwaukee Avenue Streetscape and Logan Square Redesign Projec...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Logan Square Reimagined presentation and tour discussed the factors and thinking behind the street makeover

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. The large traffic circle in the Logan Square neighborhood, where Milwaukee Avenue, Kedzie Avenue and Logan Boulevard / Wrightwood...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Friends of the Crosstown Trail marks a year of progress

Can a strip of land that once seemed doomed to be turned into expressway instead become Chicago’s next great public space?

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

This year People for Bikes’ City Ratings ranked Chicago as tied with El Paso as the worst large US city for biking. Here...

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Check out People For Bikes 2026 City Ratings report here. Check out their 2026 ratings for Chicago here. Here at Streetsblog Chica...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Chicago’s lakefront highway debate enters a new phase as public pressure mounts

You can testify in favor of a less car-centric shoreline at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's Transportation Committee meeting this Friday morning.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 18

Sponsored by: • What do Chicagoans want to see here in 2050? Tribune letter writers, including SBC reader Andrew Mack, call for better walk/bike/transit. • Sponsored...

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Equiticity’s North Lawndale Ride highlighted neighborhood landmarks and the future Go Hub sustainable mobility headquart...

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Yesterday, Equiticity hosted The North Lawndale Ride, an “opportunity to bring families, neighbors, and community members together...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Eyes on the Street: Yes we can… get to the Obama Center without driving

Sustainable transportation scenes from today's Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Ald. Sigcho-Lopez: Anti-Archer protest promoter Juan Rangel is “pitting the needs of small businesses against the safety...

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Unsurprisingly, Streetsblog Chicago’s reporting on the “centrist to conservative” politics behind the weekly protests against the Arch...

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sf.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

In Memory of Fallen Chicago Complete Streets Planner Riley O’Neil

O'Neil was doored in a non-protected bike lane. "No more people should die in the streets because their lives are not valued as much as driver convenience," said one organizer.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Bronzeville Trail open house draws big crowd as community-led rail-trail plan moves forward

The proposed trail would transform the long-abandoned Kenwood Line embankment into an elevated walking and biking path connecting Bronzeville to the lakefront.

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 23

Sponsored by: • “Police activity halts Metra Milwaukee District West trains near Elgin” (NBC) • “Drivers Keep Running Over Warning Signs At North Side Intersectio...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

Complete Streets planner Riley O’Neil died in a paint-only bike lane. Protesters say we must value people over parking.

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. This month, safe streets advocates in Chicago have been mourning one of their own. On Friday, June 5, Riley O’Ne...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Transport Chicago’s “Year of the Bus” panel discussed CTA service upgrades that contributed to increased ridership

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. Last week, urban planners, architects, engineers, politicos and transportation enthusiasts gathered on the 15th floor of the downt...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 2

Sponsored by: • Ald. Lee told SBC she’s open to installing “physical infrastructure that protects people better.” 11th Ward residents can let her know they support C...

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chi.streetsblog.org /6 days ago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 9

Sponsored by: • Hit-and-run driver blew traffic light Wednesday around 11:40 PM at Monre/DLSD near Taste of Chicago and seriously injured man crossing the drive on f...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

CDOT gives a preview of its Complete Streets design guide at ATA monthly meeting

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. On Wednesday, the Active Transportation Alliance held its monthly Advocacy Connect webinar. The hour focused on the Chicago Depart...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

On the day Illinois passed the Stop Super Speeders law, the Ride of Silence was a reminder of how far we have to go to m...

There was a big win for Illinois traffic safety on Wednesday when the General Assembly completed the passage of Stop Super Speeders legislation (HB 4948). This bill sets the stage...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 9

Sponsored by: • More coverage of yesterday’s ride and “die-in” for fallen CDOT Planner Riley O’Neil (Tribune, Block Club, CBS, ABC, WGN, Fox) • La Spata, ATA hono...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Here’s Better Streets’ heartfelt response to Ald. Lopez’s callous tweet about Riley O’Neil. And the alder made a broken-...

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. The Southwest Side’s Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) is obviously, a shrewd, witty guy, who deserves credit for working his w...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

The bike ride and “die-in” in memory of fallen Complete Streets Planner Riley O’Neil was a life-affirming event

O'Neil was doored in a non-protected bike lane. "No more people should die in the streets because their lives are not valued as much as driver convenience," said one organizer.

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

A win for the Archer Avenue traffic safety project supporters: The “Archer Avengers” Astroturfed opposition seems to hav...

Monday was [checks notes] round 29 of the weekly rallies about the Archer Avenue Complete Streets project in Brighton Park, which has the goal of making walking, biking, riding bus...

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