Currently viewing the category:
"Beyond Chicago"
How do cities get more women to ride bicycles? Photo by Mike Travis.
The Grid Chicago comments section is full of great ideas about how to improve transportation and transportation policy in Chicagoland.
The “Outside the Box” challenge presented by George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, should be all the motivation you need [...]
Google Streetview of the crash site, 26th and East in Berwyn, from the driver’s perspective.
Click here to donate to a fund that will help cover Justin’s medical expenses.
Steven and I don’t normally devote full posts to non-fatal bicycle crashes, but the case of Justin Carver, a [...]
One of Salt Lake City’s “saner” downtown streets with one travel lane each direction and left-turn lanes where needed. There’s one light rail lane in each direction. A bicycle priority lane is marked in the two travel lanes.
Possible extended title: They have so many persistent disadvantages even after several (but weak) mitigation attempts
Preface: Utah [...]
On Sunday, new bus and train schedules went into effect. The Chicago Transit Authority added service to 48 bus routes, eliminated 12 bus routes, and removed service on segments of 4 bus routes. Additionally, the CTA added 17 trains on the Red, Blue, Brown, Purple, Orange and Green lines (during rush periods). Pace Suburban Bus
Mike Lanza and Charles Marohn. Photo by Steven.
Earlier this week New York-based livable streets activist Mark Gorton invited sustainable transportation leaders from around the country to Chicago for a discussion of ways to encourage the development of walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly communities across the nation. Gorton’s new campaign is tentatively called the American Streets [...]
The inaugural train parked at the new Provo Station.
This post was going to be on a completely different topic that I started writing Thursday afternoon. I visited a local library in the evening to use the internet at which point my laptop decided to malfunction. I was able to recover the post but it’s [...]
Grid Chicago is a blog about sustainable transportation matters, projects and culture in Chicago and Illinois, by John Greenfield and Steven Vance since June 2011.
Sponsors
Follow Grid Chicago
Follow the conversation about sustainable transportation issues and culture in Chicagoland.
Recent Posts
- Grid Chicago is parked. Come join us at Streetsblog Chicago!
- Over a Barrel: Why is City Hall barring Pedal Pub from operating?
- Redesigning North Avenue to better serve its purpose: shopping
- Today’s Headlines
- More from Marge: Alderman Laurino talks trails, bike sharing
- Next South Shore alderman must expand and protect existing transit
- Today’s Headlines
- Transition Plan: We’re making the move to Streetsblog Chicago!
- Construction update: Jackson buffered bike lane installed after 1.5 year delay
- Today’s Headlines
Side Projects
Western & Ashland BRT: Pros and Cons - This webpage summarizes the project details and describes the pros and cons for each of the 4 bus rapid transit scenarios
Get Lit: Use Lights At Night - A campaign to get bike lights onto cyclists' handlebars. Donate today
Crash Portal - Exploring bike crashes in the City of Chicago and elsewhere
Bike 2015 Plan Tracker - Monitoring the status of implementing the 153 strategies in the Bike 2015 Plan
Chicago Bike Map app - Carry a beautiful Chicago bike map on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, along with numerous, helpful points of interest and resources
