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Momentum is building for the Englewood Nature Trail — a 1.8‑mile elevated greenway that will transform a former railroad corridor into a vibrant community space.
Stretching east–west from Wallace Street to Hoyne Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets, the trail crosses 26 viaducts and will connect homes, gardens, and gathering spaces across Englewood.
As part of a...
We know what works in making our streets safer, and one of the best tools in the toolbox is setting safer speed limits.
Indeed, lowering the default speed limit is among the most effective, evidence-based strategies to reduce traffic fatalities.
Illinois should be a leader in this area, but we have fallen woefully behind, with a jaw-dropp...
When Active Transportation Alliance develops our state legislative agenda, we weigh many factors: what will help us achieve our mission, what’s realistic in the current political moment, what are the best practices we should follow, what our partners are prioritizing, and what our team can feasibly take on.
But one factor rises to the top: What you’re passionate about....
Autonomous taxis are in the headlines and they are likely to stay there for a while as one of the leading companies in the industry seeks to expand its service to Illinois.
Waymo has already started preliminary mapping of the Chicago streets, a key first step before deployment of their services.
Additionally, the Illinois General Assembly has taken up alternativ...
Illinois lays claim to one of the great episodes in American cycling history, and historian Christopher Sweet brings that era vividly to life — when Chicago proudly billed itself as the “bicycle center of the United States.”
In his new book, A History of Bicycling in Illinois: 160 Years of Booms and Busts, Sweet uncovers the state’s central role in the 1890s bike boom ...