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Safe Streets for All is a non-partisan campaign focused on engaging Chicago’s alderperson and mayoral candidates around significantly reducing traffic crashes, creating safe cycling and walking infrastructure, and improving public transportation in Chicago.
As part of this campaign, we’ve been asking candidates to ride public transit with us and discuss these topics.
I recently had the opportunity to take a bus ride with Tina Hone,
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Wednesday, March 15 marked a successful day in the fight for safer streets.
Two important ordinances — the Complete Streets Ordinance and the Safe Streets Pilots Ordinance — were approved by Chicago City Council.
But that’s not all.
The Plow the Sidewalks ordinance was also introduced to city council and will be assigned to a committee as a next step towards a municipal sidewalk snow clearing pilot program.
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New legislation now being considered by the Illinois Senate would give local communities the ability to build intersections that are safer for people walking and biking.
Now is your opportunity to let state lawmakers know that we have too many dangerous oversized intersections that often act as a barrier — and a danger — for people getting around without a car.
Currently, local communities are required to build intersections that will accommodate the turning of a 65-foot truck,
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At a recent hearing held by the Illinois Senate, the Active Transportation Alliance and other advocates urged lawmakers to step up with needed support for a host of transit problems, including a looming funding cliff and the need for better governance for the transit agencies.
“The impending transit funding cliff forces us to ask hard questions about the structure of our future transit system,” said Audrey Wennink, senior director of transportation at Metropolitan Planning Council,
Electric bicycles could have the potential to encourage more people to hop on two wheels as their primary mode of transportation, but their high costs remain a deterrent for many.
That’s why Active Transportation Alliance and Ride Illinois are advocating for an e-bike incentive program in Illinois — the first type of program in the state that would offset the cost of purchasing an e-bike.
Such a program could go a long way in harnessing the rising popularity of e-bikes and reaping the benefits of reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants,
This week state lawmakers considered several important bills that would make streets safer for people walking and biking.
Thanks to quick responses from supporters like you, we made progress with moving some of the bills forward.
A special thanks to Metropolitan Planning Council, Ride Illinois, and Chicago, Bike Grid Now!
Here are the bills and where they currently stand.
LOWERING DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT IN ILLINOIS URBAN AREAS
The committee asked for amendments to be made to HB 3530,
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Want to see speedier buses in Chicago and streets that are safer for people walking and biking?
Now is your chance to get involved!
A couple of ordinances up for a vote in Chicago City Council on Wednesday, March 15 would expand the infrastructure for people walking and biking and would help address the long-standing problem of drivers blocking bus lanes and bike lanes.
These are the ordinances up for city council vote:
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In preparation for the coming election, Active Transportation Alliance held a series of focus groups in neighborhoods around the city to ask residents about their transportation challenges when walking, biking, or using transit.
Over and over, we heard about frustrations with CTA’s reliability and that people were often feeling unsafe, whether they were riding CTA, walking, or biking.
The feedback from the focus groups helped inform the citywide platform on walking,
The Active Transportation Alliance is part of the Safe Streets for All, Transit That Works coalition that is working to educate Chicago voters for the municipal elections on February 28 and April 4.
The coalition developed a platform based on concerns and wishes for Chicago’s transportation landscape. While the platform covers a range of topics surrounding sustainable transportation, two of the top concerns of the platform are unreliable bus and rail service and slow bus service.
Creating bicycle friendly infrastructure can often take years due to a lack of political will, scarcity of funding and frustrating government bureaucracy. But it doesn’t have to be that convoluted, according to Chicago, Bike Grid Now! The bicycle advocacy group is pushing for bicycle friendly, traffic-calmed streets that it says can be achieved sooner rather than later with minimal effort.
Active Transportation Alliance recognized the impact that Chicago Bike Grid Now!
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