Chicago railroads, a return of the king?

Anyone know who MBJ is working with to replace Gia Biagi?

It makes sense that the Pope supports a western approach to the grain intitiative.

IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION

Date: Sunday, September 3, 2023

Time: 6:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Festival 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Main Location: Butler Field in Grant Park

235 S. Columbus Dr.

Chicago, IL 60604

It's easier to call it multimodal. Makes you sound good too

• Developing a citywide network of bus rapid transit and dedicated bus lanes
• Lowering speed limits to 20 mph on arterial streets and 10 mph on residential streets
• Restricting right turns on red lights
• Creating a connected and protected bike network
• Developing a network of neighborhood slow streets
• Creating a multi-disciplinary response to support the safety, health, and housing needs of people on transit
• Working towards a municipal Plow the Sidewalks program
• Limiting commercial traffic on residential streets
• Citywide curb management program that addresses needs for deliveries, drop-offs, and accessibility
• Adding new customer support personnel such as “transit ambassadors” to CTA’s staff
• Better coordination among transportation agencies at different levels of government

Would be really great if MBJ lowered the speed limit citywide, eliminated rights on red, and expands alternative modes of transport like BRT and bicycle network

We should not be redefining The Drive, we should be reimagining our lakefront. We can NOT rebuild a highway on our lake, especially not in the face of a global climate crisis and traffic violence epidemic across our nation.​

At the same time, the Chicago Park District is working on a new plan to revitalize Grant Park, our front yard. We want to make sure that in the 2023 Grant Park Framework Plan measures are taken to calm and limit traffic through the park while increasing pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.

Our lakefront is one of Chicago's, and our region's, most cherished treasures and assets. We should respect it and respect all Chicagoans by investing in an active transportation corridor that provides safe access to our lake and our city.

We need new metrics for these projects so we can minimize Vehicle Miles Traveled, minimize vehicle emissions, and maximize accessibility and green space. We can do this by improving cyclist and pedestrian safety with raised bike paths and raised crosswalks, and increase access to the lakefront and parks. Maximizing access to the lakefront will require infrastructure, facilities, and programming that integrate Universal Design principles.

Adding more lanes to this highway or any highway won't fix congestion, it hasn't worked for decades. We need active transportation options like protected BRT or light rail which can move more people than any highway ever could.

Call on Rep. Ann Williams to:

• Restart this flawed decade-long process

• Eliminate the false sense of need for a highway on our lakefront.

• Consider our climate, people, and environment when thinking about what our lakefront should look like. The current process does none of those things in a meaningful way.​

• Continue re-imagining by bringing more green spaces and better transit to the entire lakefront, for ALL Chicagoans.

Hope they reduce the speed limit in the city to 25 and use the revenue to support the CTA, bicycle stuff, and better pedestrian crossings.

Doesn't matter if you're wearing a helmet when a 3 ton SUV runs you down

If roads are for transportation, what gives?

I noticed this outlined and shaded region in Gold Coast near Oak St Beach on Google maps, but don't know why it's shaded. Anyone have ideas?

Little Illinois making fast rail service a priority in the midwest. Folks this is the MIDWEST!

You know, rural with large distances between population centers. If Illinois can do this, any state can.

I understand that we're going to have motor vehicles well into the future, but this is ridiculous. I have to assume this person was drunk or something.

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I have to say, it's a compelling take.

Didn't realize this was the first time the US went to war without congressional approval. It's kind of poetic how the US was "fighting for democracy," and also devaluing its own without by acting unilaterally.

>Being struck by a vehicle that is 1,000 pounds heavier than the one you’re riding in increases the chance of death by 47%, according to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

I feel like this will be taken to mean "I need an even heavier car to be safe"

Want a protected bike lane on MKE between Western and North? Meeting on Monday 6pm at the Wicker Park-Bucktown Library with Ward 32.

Let’s get this done.

There obviously more work to be done and I love that Chicago is so far ahead of so many cities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure.

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