Take Citi Bike to the Polls Next Tuesday — For Free
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Motivate, which runs bike share systems nationwide, will give residents of nine big cities free bikes on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chicago
A Look at Chicago’s New Intersection Design Where Two Bikeways Cross Paths Downtown
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Chicago is implementing intersections with more robust safety features where bikeways intersect in the Loop. On a recent trip, Clarence Eckerson Jr. made this short Streetfilm of the intersection of Dearborn and Randolph streets.
The Inside Story of How Chicago Built the Dearborn Street Bike Lane
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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 […]
Gabe Klein to Resign From Chicago DOT at End of Month
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With two and a half years of service under his belt as Chicago’s transportation commissioner — not to mention 300 bike-share stations — Gabe Klein announced that he will be resigning at the end of November. A lot changed since Klein arrived. He oversaw a major reorganization of the transportation department, the creation of Chicago Forward, a […]
Chicago to Pursue Center-Running Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland Avenue
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After a year of study and outreach, today Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Department of Transportation announced plans for center-running Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland Avenue. Once implemented, the project could set a national precedent for high-quality BRT, improving transit speeds as much as 80 percent during rush hour, according […]
Chicago Unveils Proposed Designs for Downtown BRT Corridor
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Chicago just got a step closer to first-class bus rapid transit. Today the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation released proposed lane configurations for the Central Loop East-West Transit Corridor, a downtown circulator route connecting Union Station with Navy Pier, as well as renderings for a new transit center next to the train station. […]