January events on the Lakefront Trail
Happy new year to all! May your 2018 be filled with walks, runs and rides along the Lakefront Trail. The […]
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Back on the Bus: Create more effective ways to enforce bus lanes
Of the paltry four miles of dedicated bus lanes that exist in Chicago, the city already struggles with keeping them
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Back on the Bus: Establish a local dedicated revenue stream to fund transit
Cuts to transit funding were buried in this summer’s state budget agreement. This is unacceptable given the proven economic, environmental
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Books for young readers
There is something exquisite about children’s books, in the lean, sometimes wry, prose and magical illustrations. I knew this, of
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Participatory budgeting celebrates five years
Participatory budgeting (PB) is celebrating five years in Chicago! PB is a democratic process in which community members directly decide
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Top ten active transportation stories of 2017
The coming new year provides a moment to pause and reflect on the accomplishments of the past year. With that
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31-days of car-free suburban life
Growing up middle class in rural Pennsylvania, Katie Shaw Thompson never imagined life without a car. Now a resident in
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Brookfield’s first bicycle boulevard is here
The Village of Brookfield is now home to one of the first bicycle boulevards in the Chicagoland suburbs! What exactly
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Kids on the move in Highland Park
No one forgets how to ride a bike. They just forget that they should be riding a bike. That’s why
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Proposed distracted walking ordinance misses real problem
The distracted walking ordinance proposed by Ald. Burke and Beale at Wednesday’s City Council meeting misdiagnoses the problem contributing to
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