John Greenfield
Co-Editor, StreetsBlog Chicago and Chicago Reader Columnist at Streetsblog Network
Streetsblog Chicago editor, Mellow Chicago Bike Map, Iconic Chicago Restaurants Map. He/him/yinz. jgreenfield (at) streetsblog (dot) org
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1 day ago |
chi.streetsblog.org | John Greenfield
Yesterday, the City Council's Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic discussed the installation of new speed cameras this year. At the beginning of this year, Earlier this year, Chicago had 162 existing speed cams ,and Mayor Brandon Johnson announced plans to install 50 more.
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2 days ago |
chi.streetsblog.org | John Greenfield
• High Speed Rail Alliance form to contact reps, noting that w/o more funding "Metra and the entire Chicago region’s transit system will be devastated."• Developer David Doig coos over mayor's reported choice of Chicago's COO John Roberson for CTA chief, despite advocates' request to delay pick (Crain's)• Hit-and-run SUV driver fatally struck man, 75, Tuesday around 9:23 near 70th/Western in Chicago Lawn.
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3 days ago |
chi.streetsblog.org | John Greenfield
• "CTA workers' union leaders say banned rider list isn't being sufficiently enforced" (CBS)• Tragically, yet another person has died after falling onto 'L' tracks, 2nd time in 2 days, this time before 2 AM Tuesday at Clark and Lake station (NBC)• Car driver badly injured woman on foot Tuesday around 6 AM on I-57 near 127th Street (ABC)• Photos of aftermath of Sunday morning crash in 4700 block of N. Western that injured 3 and took out a light pole, 1 block W.
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4 days ago |
chi.streetsblog.org | John Greenfield
• This morning pedestrians were banned again from walking and hanging out on Lincoln Ave. There's talk of car-free Saturdays this summer. (Bluesky, Twitter)• 3 people were injured after a driver struck a pole near Leland/Western in Lincoln Square hours before Lincoln Ave.
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1 week ago |
chi.streetsblog.org | John Greenfield
Read Part 1: "Can automated enforcement, 25 mph speed limit be done equitably?" here. As I discussed yesterday, José Manuel Almanza, Director of Advocacy & Movement Building for the local mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity recently had a long conversation with me about efforts to reduce Chicago crash fatalities. Read the intro to the previous post for background on what inspired this discussion.
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