Currently viewing the tag: "map"
At a press conference in Englewood Friday, CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein announced a $4.1 million project to repave roads under 14 viaducts in 13 different wards across the city (average cost $250,000 per viaduct).
He explained that seeking federal funding for this project would free up more locally generated funding for neighborhood street repair and [...]
View from the hill located in the Brownlands.
[This piece also appeared in "Checkerboard City", John's weekly transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.]
A local ordinance requires that all new developments along the Chicago River include public access to the waterfront, so eventually there could be a [...]
The photographer, Mike Travis, captioned this photo with “They managed to not get run over at Milwaukee & Wood”. See “Crash stats” below for details on the activity here.
The skewed intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Wood Street, and Wolcott Avenue in Wicker Park will be redesigned and reconstructed this year as part of a project [...]
2012 fatality stats*:
Pedestrian: 3
Pedalcyclist: 0
Transit: 0
Updated March 16, 2012: I’ve recategorized this as a pedestrian death, and not a transit death. Also changed the deceased’s home location and corrected the Street View.
Gardenia Boyer, 23, from the Brainerd neighborhood, was struck and killed by an empty Metra train [...]
CDOT’s Mike Amsden and 4th Ward Alderman Will Burns
I’m always happy to pay a visit to my old stomping ground of Hyde Park-Kenwood. So Monday afternoon I took advantage of a nice southbound wind and pedaled down the lakefront to Kenwood Academy for a 4th Ward community meeting hosted by Alderman Will Burns. At [...]
LOOK!
You ask, I answer. Or, really, the Chicago Crash Browser (super beta draft version) and automobile collision data from the Illinois Department of Transportation answers. James Baum asked on The Chainlink:
From an engineering point of view I am very interested in how they plan on “fixing” the mess that is the Logan [...]
Sponsors
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.
Recent Posts
- Can bike shop deserts be eradicated on Chicago’s South Side?
- Photos from day 2 of Elston Avenue cycle track construction
- Comment of the day: Even though city may be divided, it’s time to embrace good changes
- Recap: New bike lanes and NATO closures, plus upcoming Bloomingdale Trail and bike plan meetings
- Elston Avenue bike lane returns in upgraded form
- Ira David Levy’s “Pedal America” show pushes pedaling to a broader audience
- Grid Shots: Commercial statements
- Summary of transportation and transit changes because of NATO summit
- The Grid Network is deprecated, but the links page lives on
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
- Confusing intersection of Milwaukee-Wood-Wolcott to be redesigned and reconstructed in September
- Good news in the update about the Damen-Elston-Fullerton intersection design
Upcoming Events
- Events on May 22, 2012
Draft plan, Streets for Cycling Plan 2020
From 4:00 PM
To 8:00 PM
Where Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL
Info Presentation with Q&A at 1630 and 1830.
- Events on May 24, 2012
Bus Rapid Transit in 25th Ward
From 7:00 PM
To 8:00 PM
Where National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 West 19th Street, Chicago, IL
Info Bus Rapid Transit is a new transit service that would provide a fast and affordable way to get around, offering the conveniences of light rail without the rails!
Learn about potential projects coming to the 25th Ward and share your insight about public transportation needs in your community.
- Events on May 31, 2012
Bus Rapid Transit on the Western Avenue Corridor
From 5:30 PM
To 8:00 PM
Where Floyds Pub 1944 N Oakley Ave
Info Join us at Floyd’s Pub with special guests Josh Ellis and Peter Skosey from Metropolitan Planning Council and Chris Ziemann from the Chicago Transit Authority for discussion on Bus Rapid Transit. The event will include a short tour of Western Avenue where our guests will point out opportunities and challenges of retrofitting a street with BRT.
Draft plan, Streets for Cycling Plan 2020
From 6:30 PM
To 7:30 PM
Where Gary Comer Youth Center, 7200 S. Ingleside Ave, Chicago, IL
Info Presentation with Q&A at 1630 and 1830.
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
