recap – Grid Chicago

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A view down the North Side Main Line ‘L’ tracks by Drew Baker.

This is a recap of the 12 articles posted in the last 5 days, as well as a look at the calendar ahead.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

MBAC updates: New pedestrian and bicycle projects discussed at March MBAC meeting
New bike lanes: CDOT continues roll out of new bike lanes: Division Street today, your neighborhood tomorrow?

Thursday, May 10

New bike lanes: Bike facilities don’t have to be “the white lanes of gentrification”

Friday, May 11

Station access: How LaSalle Street Metra station maintains hard-to-find reputation
Action Agenda: Chicago transportation to move very far forward with two-year plan
New bike lanes: Jose Lopez offers the PRCC’s perspective on the Paseo bike lanes

Saturday, May 12

Road repair: CDOT’s Gabe Klein announces viaduct repaving project
New links added: The Grid Network is deprecated, but the links page lives on

Sunday, May 13

Monday, May 14

Bike TV show: Ira David Levy’s “Pedal America” show pushes pedaling to a broader audience
New bike lanes: Elston Avenue bike lane returns in upgraded form

Calendar

Tonight is a meeting about Bloomingdale Trail access parks and is the first meeting following yesterday’s release of the Framework Plan. “We are particularly interested in your feedback about access parks. After a short presentation, we’ll break into small groups to discuss the following access parks, and how ramps and other amenities will be designed.”

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
6 to 8 PM
Humboldt Park Fieldhouse, 1440 N Humboldt Drive, Chicago, IL

Wednesday night is the Ride of Silence to “honor fallen cyclists and raise awareness in this annual procession past Chicago Ghost Bikes”.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6 to 8 PM
Gather at 6 PM, Depart at 7 PM
Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza

Next Tuesday is the public revealing of the draft network of the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020. There are three more meetings and two webinars.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
4 to PM
Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL
Presentation with Q&A at 1630 and 1830.

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A view of the Bloomingdale Trail at Spaulding Avenue. At least one person in the audience asked for a rail car or two remain in the new park. Photo by Colin Clinard.

On the evening of Tuesday, October 4, 2011, I attended the final presentation from the Bloomingdale “charrette weekend” at the McCormick Tribune YMCA, 1834 N Lawndale. The charrette weekend hosted invited stakeholders and members of the public who gathered with the design team to learn about the Bloomingdale Trail history, devise the topics they cared about, and express ideas and concerns about the project. For 16 hours on Monday and Tuesday, the design team synthesized all of the conversations, contribution, and ideas into a final presentation that took about 90 minutes to examine.

What follows is a detailed description of who said what about the project. I’ve divided the article into many sections with bold text headings for easier reading. I imagine that this article will evolve as people ask me questions. Continue reading Bloomingdale Trail public involvement process reached a milestone this week

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Recap: New bike lanes and NATO closures, plus upcoming Bloomingdale Trail and bike plan meetings

Bloomingdale Trail public involvement process reached a milestone this week