Post image: Leading health experts agree that there is a direct connection between our neighborhoods and our health. The ZIP codes in which we live can be as much of a predictor of a person's health and well-being as his or her DNA or individual behaviors.  So how do we ensure that communities are healthy places for people to live? One […]

Post image:  Since we last wrote about the protected bike lane on Kinzie Street — and 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly’s efforts to get the lane temporarily removed to accommodate construction traffic — we’ve received an outpouring of support both from more than 1,300 concerned citizens as well as from businesses in the area. In fact, after we put the […]

Post image:  If you’ve got a rack or a basket on your bike, consider riding on Milwaukee Avenue past Huron Street on Thursday, May 28 between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. That’s because the Chicago Department of Transportation will be counting bikes with racks and baskets as part of a new nationwide competition to find the best city for everyday biking. […]

The Bike Commuter Challenge is a week-long annual event produced by the Active Transportation Alliance.  In 2014, 6,000 participants from 650 Chicagoland companies and organizations — including Groupon and Orbitz — took part in this event that allows workplaces to compete against one another to see who can get the most people biking to work. Participation is easy — you […]

The Bike Commuter Challenge is a week-long annual event produced by the Active Transportation Alliance.  In 2014, 6,000 participants from 650 Chicagoland companies and organizations — including Groupon and Orbitz — took part in this event that allows workplaces to compete against one another to see who can get the most people biking to work. Participation is easy — you […]

Post image:  After years of dealing with speeding traffic and narrow sidewalks, a road diet is coming to south State Street between 69th and 79th streets in Chicago. Sixth Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer is working with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to make the corridor safer for everyone, whether you’re walking, biking or driving. He’s also hoping to bring […]

Post image:  The hits just keep coming for people who ride transit, bike and walk in Illinois. Last week, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a "mini-capital bill" that would give the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) access to $1.1 billion in bonds for road projects, but nothing for transit or safe biking and walking infrastructure.  Meanwhile, Gov. Rauner continues […]

Post image:  Connecting Chicago to Lansing, Illinois, the Burnham Greenway Trail is a critical route for people walking and biking on the South Side of Chicago and surrounding suburbs in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. But currently there is a 2-mile gap in the trail that forces trail users to navigate unsafe intersections and roads. Closing this gap will create a safe, 11-mile […]

Post image:  If you look around the U.S. for cities where exciting things are happening in public transit, you’ll notice one thing nearly all of them have in common: they’re raising local revenue to gain access to available federal dollars. In 2004, the eight-county Denver metro region passed a ballot initiative to raise the sales tax by 0.4 percent to […]