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 [...]
On Saturday, I joined a group of people at Daley Plaza who want the Chicago City Council and Rahm Emanuel to pass the Clean Power Ordinance for a demonstration bike ride to Dvorak Park, across Cermak Road from the Fisk coal power plant. Roll Beyond Coal was a short ride from the Loop [...]
Transportation commissioner Gabe Klein meets Chicago’s bicycle community
CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein and 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly at the Bike to Work Week Rally.
[This article also appears on Gapers Block.]
Today’s Bike to Work Week Rally in Daley Plaza was inspiring, a far cry from last year’s lackluster [...]
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.
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