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Mural at Drake Avenue and Bloomingdale Avenue in West Logan Square.
[This piece also appeared in Checkerboard City, John's weekly transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Thursdays.]
Each morning Steven and I scan the dailies for sad stories of local pedestrian, bike and transit deaths to adapt for [...]
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The City of Chicago launched its public Open 311 application interface in October allowing residents to quickly make a report, online or with a smartphone, bypassing the lengthy process of calling. App developers are now able to build [...]
People riding a bicycle and driving a truck, respectively, share the road on Monroe Street in downtown Chicago. Trucks occupy a section of CDOT’s two-year plan. Photo by Joseph Dennis.
The Chicago Department of Transportation on May 11 released its 100-page, two-year plan to “ensure that Chicago continues to be a vibrant international city, successfully competing [...]
Looking down Madison Street. Photo by Daniel Butler.
A new plan for the Chicago Department of Transportation was released today and Grid Chicago got to talk to commissioner Gabe Klein this morning about the Chicago Forward CDOT Action Agenda’s development, strategies, and goals.
I started reading the 100 page plan last night to prepare for [...]
Transportation commissioner Gabe Klein cycles to work on Michigan Avenue.
I wrote an article about myriad transportation projects and initiatives in Chicago for Architect’s Newspaper, a magazine based in New York City. It was published last week online and in print (in the centerfold, no less). My original article was over 2,500 words, [...]
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Reactions to CDOT’s Chicago Forward Action Agenda vary
Transit, safety, and congestion make up parts of the Action Agenda.
Below are excerpts from others’ reactions to the Chicago Department of Transportation’s two-year plan, the Chicago Forward Action Agenda.
Ryan Richter, writing for Transport Nexus:
I think the very first performance measure, to increase activity, sales revenue, and occupancy rates in neighborhood commercial districts, [...]