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In this 17 second video you can see the strobe light and how its flashes temporarily “blind” my camera.
On our way from the SRAM office, where we interviewed two urbanism authors, John and I noticed a strobe light at 1446 W Division Street. It was extremely distracting and shone over the [...]
SAFETY ZONE painted on California Avenue, immediately south of North Avenue.
There are four news stories in this edition of Grid Bits.
Speed cameras
The Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications announced two weeks ago that it will be testing speed cameras from Monday, December 3 (yesterday), to Thursday, January 3.
“City [...]
Englewood resident Denise King tries out the new refuge island at 63rd and Claremont.
[This piece also appeared in Checkerboard City, John's weekly transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Thursdays.]
Running late as usual, I hop on my bicycle and sprint south from Logan Square, fortunately with a [...]
This article will be updated a few times after publishing while I gather all the information. All regular city council meetings are streamed live with video and transcript and that is where I am getting all of the information.
Alderman Cardenas of the 12th ward speaks in support of the speed camera ordinance.
Bike sharing
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Photo of a speed hump in Logan Square from the point of view of someone bicycling by Andrew Ciscel.
The following is a conversation between co-writer John Greenfield and myself and was derived from an email chain between him and me on Sunday.
Dear John,
By reading all my articles about speed cameras, you [...]
Speed cameras have been used around the world for decades, reducing speeding everywhere they’re installed. This speed camera is installed in Switzerland. Photo by Kecko.
The adoption of a speed camera system in Chicago is multi-faceted: it goes beyond encouraging people to speed less (which would increase the safety of all people in the streets), [...]
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