Infrastructure Archives — Page 20 of 34

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Prioritize the Third Lane

"By eliminating car parking and narrowing automobile lanes we can create the space necessary to accommodate lightweight, human sized micromobility vehicles such as electric scooters."

Kea Wilson

August 14, 2020

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Prioritize the Third Lane

Streetsblog Chicago |Austin

5 Barriers to Sustainable Transport Access For West Side Chicagoans

We must look at all the factors that are preventing people from using more sustainable modes of travel and work to address those issues.

Courtney Cobbs

July 29, 2020

Bicycle Infrastructure

Op Ed: The Most Important Bike Tech is…Street Design

New studies of Lisbon and Toronto offer the latest evidence for the power of safe infrastructure to encourage more cycling in cities — and speak to the perils of relying on historical data.

Kea Wilson

July 22, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Infrastructure

How To Safely Open Beaches During the Pandemic

Lightfoot's refusal to reopen beaches during the heat wave makes no sense. Here's a look at that issue and longterm heat mitigation strategies.

Olivia Grenzebach

July 17, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Driving

Op-Ed: Protests Are A Form of Placemaking

These instances of road repurposing and placemaking are born from pain and anger, and yet they have brought communities together and created beauty.

Olivia Grenzebach

July 8, 2020

Boondoggles

Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some ‘Crumbling’ Highways

Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.

Gideon Weissman

July 8, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

How to Design Self-Policing Streets

We should be redesigning our transportation system to reduce the chances of Black and Brown residents interacting with law enforcement, and to promote transportation equity.

Courtney Cobbs

June 25, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

How to Center Community Input in Slow Streets Projects

47th Ward alderman Matt Martin hosted a panel on these topics with reps from the Active Transportation Alliance, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Streetsblog Chicago.

Courtney Cobbs

June 22, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |COVID-19

Chicago Still Lacks COVID-19 Bus Lane Plan

Chicago is lagging far behind peer cities when it comes to creating dedicated bus lanes, so that passengers spend less time time onboard, reducing their risk of viral exposure.

James Porter

June 17, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

How to Address Anti-Black Racism in Urban Planning

The Canadian Urban Institute recently held an online panel centered around the question of “How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations?”

Courtney Cobbs

June 14, 2020

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