Posts by: John Greenfield
We’ve come to the end of our journey with Grid Chicago, but we’ve embarked on a new one with Streetsblog Chicago. Since June 2011 we’ve had a great time covering Chicago’s burgeoning sustainable transportation scene on this website, and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading about it. Grid Chicago is going dormant but the [...]
The Emanuel administration has been doing a terrific job of promoting biking, so it’s bizarre that the city seems to be stonewalling a bicycle-powered business that supports local retail districts and helps prevent drunk driving. Pedal Pub leads bar crawls on sixteen-person vehicles, operating legally in 27 other cities. In a few cities they [...]
37-year-old Oak Forest woman dies after January 12 car crash in Alsip (Southtown)
Drivers illegally use I-190 shoulder to wait for O’Hare passengers, creating a hazard (Tribune)
Fire on Green Line near Laramie station in Austin causes delays (Tribune, RedEye)
Certified LAB instructors meet in Loop to launch online bike safety [...]
Margaret Laurino with constituent and Grid Chicago commenter Bob Kastigar.
Since Checkerboard City, my weekly column that runs in print in Newcity magazine, is limited to about 1,000 words, some good material from my recent interview with bike-friendly 39th Ward Alderman Margaret Laurino wound up on the cutting room floor. She had interesting [...]
Woman wounded by gunfire while riding a CTA bus in Englewood (Tribune, Sun-Times, RedEye)
Metra hopes to boost stagnant ridership with ad campaign targeting drivers stuck in traffic (Tribune)
Metra board OKs $1.4 million in salary hikes for almost 300 non-union workers (Sun-Times)
More than 100 CTA bus shelters to [...]
RTA approves budget measure allowing CTA to borrow up to $1 billion for bus and rail improvements (Tribune, RedEye)
Report looks at benefits of Red Line extension (CMAP)
RTA accuses United, American of dodging Chicago taxes with dummy offices in Sycamore, IL (Sun-Times)
O’Hare to offer “Minute Suites” for short-term naps [...]
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