How Hoboken Eliminated Traffic Deaths
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The Mile Square City shows what can be accomplished when a municipality really focuses on the zero of Vision Zero — it has recorded no traffic fatalities for three straight years.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Eyes on the Street
A COVID-Era Amtrak/Bike Packing Diary
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I was fairly comfortable using Amtrak for this journey, so as long as we don't see another major spike in cases, I'll probably make more such trips this year as a safer alternative to flying.
Chicago Needs a Sidewalk Snow Clearance Plan
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The group has launched a new campaign and petition, with almost 1,250 signatures, to exhort the city of Chicago to take charge of winter sidewalk clearance.
Check Out Chicago's Gorgeous Ped Paintings
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These kinds of Complete Streets interventions are fairly easy and inexpensive, and can help make neighborhoods safer as well as more beautiful.
South Shore Drops COVID-Denier Cars
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Here's what the CTA had to say about non-compliant CTA bus operators. Meanwhile, South Shore has ended its ill-conceived Mask Optional Car policy.
How Chicago Is Doing Parking Spot Dining Right
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It turns out that the bureaucratic hoops aren't especially onerous, and they're a relative bargain thanks to the city waiving some of the associated fees.