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Redeveloping Wacker Drive, and Chicago’s riverfront
Traffic has been snarled in the Loop this week thanks to the second phase of Revive Wacker Drive, a major reconstruction of the famous double-decker street. This three year, $366 million endeavor will...
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Rahm vows bus rapid transit, but can he deliver?
All this week, WBEZ is looking at Rahm Emanuel’s first 100 days as Chicago mayor.One of Emanuel’s pledges is to push for the creation of the city’s first bus-rapid-transit line. The idea behind BRT is...
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$7.3 million OKed for downtown ‘bus rapid transit’
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration has decided to channel more than $7.3 million in tax increment financing toward a “bus rapid transit” line downtown, according to transportation and...
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The five scariest things I learned from Chicago’s pedestrian plan
Rose Harris was struck by a car and killed Thursday night, near the intersection of 79th Street and St. Lawrence Avenue. According to the Tribune, the 59-year-old West Side resident stepped out into...
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BRT designs for Western, Ashland avenues start to take shape
Chicago officials say they have decided to leave at least one parking lane on both possible routes of the city’s most ambitious bus project. The officials say they have also ruled out narrowing...
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Chicago planners push boldest bus-rapid-transit option
To create a state-of-the-art bus line, Chicago transit leaders and urban planners have coalesced behind a design that would limit left turns and remove a traffic lane on each side of Ashland Avenue, a...
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Bus rapid transit to ‘maximize potential’ of Ashland Avenue
The first phase of a closely watched Chicago bus project would “maximize street potential” along more than five miles of Ashland Avenue for about $50 million, city officials announced Friday.The...
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Why are Chicago’s sidewalk cafes all on the North Side? Part 1
(Photo, interactive illustration by Elliott Ramos/WBEZ)Residents on the city’s South and West Sides have few options available for outdoor socializing — and that’s partially by design. Whenever Chicago...
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Six tunnels hidden under Chicago’s Loop
Karri DeSelm works in the JW Marriott Building, on the corner of LaSalle and Adams in downtown Chicago. Her building, the last designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham, was completed in 1914, and...
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Will Chicago scale back its bus rapid transit plan?
After wrapping up a public-comment period in an ambitious Chicago bus project, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration faces tough choices about the design.The city can stick to its plans and push for...
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Big bark, small bite for speed cameras so far
Chicago’s growing network of speed cameras so far has issued more than a half-million warnings to lead-footed drivers, but it brought in just a tiny fraction of the money that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s...
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Are Chicago's shorter yellow lights unsafe, or just unfair?
Chicago’s red light cameras are under increased scrutiny, after a Chicago Tribune investigation found glitchy cameras may have issued thousands of tickets in error. The report also found many yellow...
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