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Active Transportation Alliance posted a 1:50 video showing before and after conditions.
The Dearborn Street two-way protected bike lane looks to be the biggest deal, nationally, in bicycle infrastructure since the City of Chicago built the Kinzie Street cycle track three weeks after Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office. If it had an [...]
Drive? Drive! Photo by Dan O’Neill.
I’m not going to try to make sense of the pending Chicago Transit Authority fare increases, why they’re necessary, or of Rahm’s insensitive remarks on Monday that he clarified yesterday. There are already great responses on these matters:
CTA Tattler - Emanuel on CTA pass increase, “choosing to [...]
Marisa Novara at the Metropolitan Planning Council suggested today’s Grid Shots theme after seeing this beautiful garden underneath the Pink Line elevated structure at 19th Street just west of Paulina Street in Pilsen.
Every year at a specific date and time, the sunset aligns with the Chicago street grid, allowing for some dramatic shots [...]
Ted Nguyen who works for the Orange County Transportation Authority, but was representing himself, said, ”My version of E=MC2 is ‘Everybody is a media company times 2.” Photos by Ryan Griffin-Stegink.
The Metropolitan Planning Council hosted a roundtable presentation and discussion on technology’s role in community planning. You can watch the video recording below. [...]
Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), speaking at the value capture event. Photo by Ryan Griffin-Stegink of MPC.
The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) hosts roundtables each month about different planning topics. Many are centered on economic or transportation initiatives. Two in October will focus on technology. [...]
The Bronzeville Gateway that’s hidden or shrouded on its north side by the Stevenson Expresway. Photo by Curtis Locke.
The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) asked an unusual question on its Facebook page on Friday:
The Chicago area has a lot of expressways. In recent years, more new expressways have been built. If you were given [...]
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