The Case for Municipal Sidewalk Clearance
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Better Streets organizer and local planner, Michael Podgers, makes the case for municipal sidewalk clearance in Chicago.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Walking
Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids
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We need to change the way we think about kids and about our cities. We need to think of kids as full members of society and we need to design our neighborhoods for kids to have full, rich childhoods that let them grow into well-rounded members of our communities.
So what do we do?
Study: The 15-Minute City is Not a Silver Bullet
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While the 15-minute city is a great goal for Chicago, that alone will not guarantee equitable outcomes.
Black Motorist Stops Climb in Chicago
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Regardless of the transportation mode, Black Chicagoans are much more likely to be detained by police than their white counterparts.
New CHI Law Could Curb VRU Deaths
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The legislation requires IDOT to conduct a traffic study following "the occurrence of any [crash] involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a state highway."
A Plan to Close Chicago’s Transportation Equity Gap
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CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.