Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Chicago

A photo from John's bike tour, posted shortly before the crash, via Twitter. Photo right: Streetsblog CHI

Streetsblog Chicago Editor John Greenfield Seriously Injured in Bike Crash

By Streetsblog | Apr 25, 2023 | No Comments

Streetsblog Chicago editor, founder, and our colleague John Greenfield was seriously injured this weekend after a piece of construction material that had not been properly tied down fell off a pick-up truck and struck him while biking on a road with no protected cycling infrastructure.

Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.

What It’s Like to Be a Woman Transit Operator

By Tonya Abernathy, Orquidia Flores, Thejoal Hope and Alicia Michelle Smith | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

Across the U.S., transit agencies are grappling with a shortfall of operators. These operators — frontline workers that keep buses and trains running are essential to a functioning transit network that actually gets riders where they need to go.

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Possible Chicago Public Restroom Pilot Could Help Improve Access to Public Space

By Courtney Cobbs | May 25, 2022 | No Comments

Advocates for more public restrooms for Chicagoans will be heartened by signs of movement to address the problem.

How ‘Community Mobility Rituals’ Can Transform Neighborhoods

By Streetsblog | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

On this episode, host Kea Wilson sits down with Olatunji Oboi Reed of Equiticity to talk about "community mobility rituals," or regular, free, hyper-local events that dismantle barriers to sustainable transportation and build the social infrastructure that neighborhoods need.

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Don't Ban Teens From Parks For 'Public Safety'

By Courtney Cobbs | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

Instead of shutting youth out of public spaces, we need to be designing more public spaces around them, and investing in resources that will help them thrive.

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