Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chicago

In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages

By Jason Varone | Jul 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

Mayor Richard Daley has been aggressive in transforming Chicago into a more livable city, cracking down on sociopathic motorists, encouraging traffic-calming, promoting bicycling and paying attention to the nitty gritty environmental impacts of street design. The Chicago Tribune recently reported on the Mayor’s latest effort to fund citywide park-improvements projects using revenues from city-owned parking […]

Quick Bus and Ped Improvements Coming to Lower Broadway

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

Nope, that’s not Lower Manhattan. It’s an example of a "bus bulb" in Edgewater, Chicago, a neighborhood known for its thoughtful planning and pedestrian-friendly streets. Tomorrow, the Department of Transportation will make the first public announcement of its Lower Manhattan Transit Priority Plan. We don’t have all of the details but the redesign plan for […]

Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities

By Jason Varone | Feb 23, 2007 | No Comments

Neil Peirce of the American Prospect sums up sustainable practices in several American cities, A "green revolution" is burgeoning in America’s cities and towns. If the new, green, urban alchemy has an epicenter, it’s Chicago. A big share of the credit goes to Mayor Richard J. Daley and his allies. There’s a green roof on […]

Job Opening: Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors

By Jason Varone | Feb 21, 2007 | No Comments

Here is a job posting found on Craigs List, Chicago: Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors are the City of Chicago’s bicycle outreach and education specialists. Ambassadors attend events across the City of Chicago, encouraging people to use their bicycles safely and more often. The Bicycle Ambassador season is from mid-May to mid-September. This position is […]

Pedaling Protest Takes on Car Show

By Jason Varone | Feb 12, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Chicago Tribune reports: Dressed as polar bears and Santa Claus and towing signs that read "True Patriots Don’t Burn Oil" and "Be a Hero: Drive Less," a group of bicyclists gathered Saturday in front of McCormick Place to protest the Chicago Auto Show. "We feel there are enough cars in Chicago," said Dan […]

Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 19, 2006 | 10 Comments

In just the last ten days here in New York City a 7-year-old boy was killed in the crosswalk by a trucker trying to beat a red light in Brooklyn, a young woman on the Upper East Side and a Brooklyn Heights law professor were crushed to death by private sanitation trucks, and a 12-year-old […]

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