Blogroll
- A City Guy
Thoughts on land use and transportation. Chicago-based. - Bike Commuters
- Bike Lane Living
Commuting, gear, advocacy, and bicycling in general - Cal-Sag Cycles (Blue Island)
- Carless in Chicago
- Chiboulevards
Chicago’s northwest side neighborhood blog. - Chicago Bicycle Laws
- Chicago Bus
A news and forum site for people who like buses. - Chicago Urbanist
Researching urbanism in Chicagoland, with comparative notes. - Chicargo Bike
- Commuter Age
Loving and hating transportation. - Copenhagen Cyclery Blog
- CTA Tattler
- Cycling the Suburbs
Writing about the cycling experience in Mokena, Illinois, and nearby suburbs. By Adam Jenkins. - Ding Ding Let's Ride!
- Easy As Riding A Bike
- General Carlessness
- Getting Around
Chicago Tribune columnist John Hilkevitch writes about transportation (including driving and transit) in the region. - Gray Line
Launching the Gray Line would provide a brand new CTA Rapid Transit (‘L’) service (on existing facilities) to Grant Park, the Museum Campus, the newly renovated Soldier Field, and McCormick Place. - Just off the Tracks
Your guide of things to see and do along the UP-Northwest Metra line. - Lawyer Jim Freeman
- Let's Go Ride A Bike
Life on two wheels! - Moving Together
- Peopling Places
- Public Transit Bug
- Steven Can Plan
Steven Vance’s personal blog about cities and transportation. - The Chainlink
- The Northwest Passage: Transportation
- The Planner's Dream Gone Wrong
- The Urbanophile
- Train-Bike. Bike-Train
- Transportation Harmony
- Vote with Your Feet
John Greenfield’s archive of pre-July 2011 walking, biking and transit stories.
Calendars
- Active Transportation Alliance
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago Cycling Meetup
- Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Posts events about transportation and land use planning and policy for Chicago and seven counties in northeastern Illinois. - Metropolitan Planning Council
- The Chainlink
Contributors
- A City Guy
Thoughts on land use and transportation. Chicago-based. - Active Transportation Alliance blog
- Bike Walk Lincoln Park
A Neighborhood Committee for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety in Chicago’s 43rd Ward. - Bike Walk Logan Square
Bike Walk Logan Square’s mission is to support and enhance the environment for walking and biking in the Logan Square neighborhood. - Carless in Chicago
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Center Square Journal: Chicago Transit Authority articles
- Center Square Journal: Metra articles
- Chiboulevards
Chicago’s northwest side neighborhood blog. - Chicago Bicycle Laws
- Chicago Bus
A news and forum site for people who like buses. - Chicago Urbanist
Researching urbanism in Chicagoland, with comparative notes. - Chicargo Bike
- Commuter Age
Loving and hating transportation. - Copenhagen Cyclery Blog
- CTA Tattler
- Curbed Chicago: Bike Lanes
- Curbed Chicago: CTA Tracker
- Curbed Chicago: Metra
- Cycling the Suburbs
Writing about the cycling experience in Mokena, Illinois, and nearby suburbs. By Adam Jenkins. - Ding Ding Let's Ride!
- Easy As Riding A Bike
- Edgeville Buzz
Your source for news about Chicago’s Edgewater and Andersonville neighborhoods. - Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail
- General Carlessness
- Just off the Tracks
Your guide of things to see and do along the UP-Northwest Metra line. - Kevin Zolkiewicz's Blog
- Lawyer Jim Freeman
- Let's Go Ride A Bike
Life on two wheels! - Madison on a Bike
Urban bicycling news and analysis from Madison, Wisconsin. - Metropolitan Planning Council: The Connector
- Moving Together
- Peopling Places
- Public Transit Bug
- Steven Can Plan
Steven Vance’s personal blog about cities and transportation. - The Expired Meter
- The Northwest Passage: Transportation
- The Planner's Dream Gone Wrong
- The Urbanophile
- Train-Bike. Bike-Train
- Transportation 4 America
- Transportation Harmony
- Transportation on Our Urban Times
Online news magazine for Bucktown, West Town, East Village, Wicker Park, and Noble Square. - Vote with Your Feet
John Greenfield’s archive of pre-July 2011 walking, biking and transit stories.
International
- Human Transit
My goal here is to start conversations about how transit works, and how we can use it to create better cities and towns.
Nationwide
- Bike Lane Living
Commuting, gear, advocacy, and bicycling in general - BikePortland.org
Cycling news, issues, and culture in the Portland, Oregon, area. - Greater Greater Washington
- Human Transit
My goal here is to start conversations about how transit works, and how we can use it to create better cities and towns. - Madison on a Bike
Urban bicycling news and analysis from Madison, Wisconsin. - Streetsblog
Reporting on sustainable transportation in New York City. - The Transport Politic
- The Urbanophile
Neighborhood
- Bike Walk Lincoln Park
A Neighborhood Committee for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety in Chicago’s 43rd Ward. - Bike Walk Logan Square
Bike Walk Logan Square’s mission is to support and enhance the environment for walking and biking in the Logan Square neighborhood.
News
- Center Square Journal
Your guide to Chicago’s Northcenter, Lincoln Square and Ravenswood Manor. - Chicago News Cooperative
The Chicago News Cooperative produces public-interest journalism focused on Chicago, its politics, policy, culture and the arts, and the diverse communities of the metropolitan area. - Curbed Chicago
- Edgeville Buzz
Your source for news about Chicago’s Edgewater and Andersonville neighborhoods. - Windy City Weekly
Chicago’s best news, sports, restaurant recommendations, videos and more, delivered to your inbox once a week.
Organizations
- Blackstone Bicycle Works
- Break The Gridlock
- Cal-Sag Cycles (Blue Island)
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago Bike Shops
- Chicago Critical Mass
Monthly bike ride. - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
- Chicago Velo Campus
- City of Chicago Bicycle Program
- City of Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan
The plan that guides the work of the City and its partners to improve the environment for bicycling. - Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail
- I-GO Car Sharing
- League of Illinois Bicyclists
- Logan Square Walks
- Metropolitan Planning Council
- Pace
- Regional Transportation Authority
- Streetsblog Network
Bringing together the best of the nation’s bloggers on sustainable transport, smart growth and livable streets. - The Recyclery
- Walk Bike Transit
- West Town Bikes
- Working Bikes
- Zipcar Car Sharing
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About Grid Chicago
Grid Chicago is a blog about sustainable transportation matters, projects and culture in Chicago and Illinois, by John Greenfield and Steven Vance. We launched in June 2011. Contact us.
Featured Topics
- Alderman interview series - John's interviews with 5 of 50 aldermen (and counting)
- Robot cars - Looking at the way driving, cars, and drivers are portrayed in the media after crashes
- Fatality tracker - Keeping tabs on people who died while walking, cycling, or using transit
Recent Posts
- A game of cat & mouse: revisiting John’s old CBF cartoons
- Protest against low transit funding on Wednesday is directed at the wrong audience
- Bike counts are important to businesses and in evaluating our progress
- Grid Shots: Skyline edition
- Pix from the Gapers Block crits
- A sneak peek at the exhibition “Bikes! The Green Revolution”
- Bike count projects in Chicago: two short video interviews
- An outsider’s Chicago bike itineraries
- Importance of hit-and-run crash deaths in the news media
Most Popular Posts
- Resner and Greenfield reclaim the CTA riding crown from the British champ
- The case of the disappearing bike lane
- Grounds for celebration: Chicago’s first bike & coffee shop is almost open
- Good news in the update about the Damen-Elston-Fullerton intersection design
- CTA launches train tracker with text messaging
Upcoming Events
- Events on April 9, 2012
Friends of the Lakefront Trail visioning workshop (north side)
From 6:30 PM
To 8:30 PM
Where Margate Park Fieldhouse (4921 N. Marine Drive)
- Events on April 18, 2012
Friends of the Lakefront Trail visioning workshop (south side)
From 6:30 PM
To 8:30 PM
Where Jackson Park Fieldhouse (6401 S. Stony Island Ave.)
- Events on June 30, 2012
9th Annual Bike the Boulevard event with 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas
From 9:00 AM
To 2:00 PM
Info Grant permission to Alderman George A. Cardenas, 2458 West 38th Street, to close traffic on South Western Boulevard, beginning at 4555 South Western Boulevard (Home Depot), proceeding North-bound on Western Boulevard, continuing onto the boulevard system, crossing California Avenue, untilWest 24th Street, stopping at the parking lot of Spry School,2400 South Marshall.Boulevard, and ending at 4555 South Western Boulevard (Home Depot), for the 9th Annual Bike the Boulevard Event on Saturday, June 30,2012, from 9:00 am to 2:00pm.
Projects
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
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