Study: The 15-Minute City is Not a Silver Bullet
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While the 15-minute city is a great goal for Chicago, that alone will not guarantee equitable outcomes.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycling
Black Motorist Stops Climb in Chicago
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Regardless of the transportation mode, Black Chicagoans are much more likely to be detained by police than their white counterparts.
Talking Headways Podcast: Biking to the Stadium
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This week we’re joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at organizations such as NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the "transportation parades" before German soccer games.
What Happened to “Transit First?”
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The city’s allocation of street space is anything but “transit-first”
Talking Headways Podcast: How We’ve Subsidized Driving (and What To Do About It)
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This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Litman discusses his book "New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies." We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future.
New CHI Law Could Curb VRU Deaths
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The legislation requires IDOT to conduct a traffic study following "the occurrence of any [crash] involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a state highway."