Public spaces are not necessarily where transportation occurs. But sometimes transportation creates public spaces.

A crowded ‘L’ car. Photo by Mike Travis.

Relaxing on a temporary lawn during this year’s Open Streets on State Street event. Photo by Jane Healy. 

The wide, well-lit sidewalk under the Palmer House Hilton’s overhang. Photo by John Iwanski. 

Taking the scenic route through Lincoln Park in October. Photo by Michelle Stenzel. 

Daley Plaza, surrounded by Clark, Dearborn, Randolph, and Washington Streets, is the location for many a gathering, protest, and market. Here is Critical Mass prior to departure in September 2012. Photo by Dubi Kaufmann. 

Ping Tom Park in Chinatown provides some views of the Orange Line viaduct and this moveable steel bridge across which Amtrak trains travel. Photo by Adam Herstein. 

Enjoy this path on Northerly Island while it lasts. The path will be reconfigured and “shortened” in the next few years as the “island” is transformed. A campground and lagoon are slated to be built. Photo by Michelle Stenzel.

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