Category Archives: Uptown Local
Streets & Infrastructure Project Proposals
Soon, Uptowners will vote on how to spend the 46th Ward’s menu funds, so it’s important that all of our readers educate themselves about the proposals. The blog Transitized has a very clear writeup about the proposed Streets & Cycling
Streets & Infrastructure Project Proposals
Soon, Uptowners will vote on how to spend the 46th Ward’s menu funds, so it’s important that all of our readers educate themselves about the proposals. The blog Transitized has a very clear writeup about the proposed Streets & Cycling
Vote For Transportation Infrastructure: 46th Ward Participatory Budgeting is Coming Soon!
Bike, ped and transit enthusiasts: let’s fund some infrastructure! Participatory Budgeting Project Expos, which will highlight infrastructure project proposals, start this weekend. Come learn about the project proposals and think about which ones you’d like to fund. Every resident of
Vote For Transportation Infrastructure: 46th Ward Participatory Budgeting is Coming Soon!
Bike, ped and transit enthusiasts: let’s fund some infrastructure! Participatory Budgeting Project Expos, which will highlight infrastructure project proposals, start this weekend. Come learn about the project proposals and think about which ones you’d like to fund. Every resident of
Traffic Calming Owns Participatory Budgeting
A Participatory Budgeting postcard for you: the Streets and Cycling committee met this week to whittle down the list of projects from community brainstorms and identify winners that deserve more research. The theme of traffic calming keeps coming up. Check
Traffic Calming Owns Participatory Budgeting
A Participatory Budgeting postcard for you: the Streets and Cycling committee met this week to whittle down the list of projects from community brainstorms and identify winners that deserve more research. The theme of traffic calming keeps coming up. Check
Last Night’s Results: People Like to Bike
Last night’s neighborhood assembly brought together 20 neighborhood residents (mostly from Sheridan Park) to brainstorm ideas for the 46th Ward Participatory Budgeting ballot, and boy howdy, were there some consistent themes. To bottom-line it right away: the #1 vote from
Last Night’s Results: People Like to Bike
Last night’s neighborhood assembly brought together 20 neighborhood residents (mostly from Sheridan Park) to brainstorm ideas for the 46th Ward Participatory Budgeting ballot, and boy howdy, were there some consistent themes. To bottom-line it right away: the #1 vote from
Come Tonight Or Stop Complaining
There are just two more participatory budgeting assemblies this year- and one is tonight (6pm, Stockton Elementary School, 4425 N Beacon). Come with your infrastructure ideas or stop complaining about how we don’t have a bricolage mural at the Lawrence
Come Tonight Or Stop Complaining
There are just two more participatory budgeting assemblies this year- and one is tonight (6pm, Stockton Elementary School, 4425 N Beacon). Come with your infrastructure ideas or stop complaining about how we don’t have a bricolage mural at the Lawrence
Wilson Station Meeting Recap
Thanks to our friends at GRID Chicago for the recap, here.
Look At Renderings of New Wilson CTA Station
Wow. The Wilson station is almost hard to recognize in these renderings on Alderman Cappleman’s website because the whole intersection looks like it was power cleaned and then filled with pedestrians/cyclist catnip. My favorite part is the enormous “Wilson Station”
Look At Renderings of New Wilson CTA Station
Wow. The Wilson station is almost hard to recognize in these renderings on Alderman Cappleman’s website because the whole intersection looks like it was power cleaned and then filled with pedestrians/cyclist catnip. My favorite part is the enormous “Wilson Station”
For Better Infrastructure, Show Up Here
On October 10, Alderman James Cappleman will announce participatory budgeting in the 46th Ward. Participatory budgeting is a community-based process where community members decide how to spend $1.3 million in Aldermanic menu funds. Residents gather at neighborhood assemblies, develop project
For Better Infrastructure, Show Up Here
On October 10, Alderman James Cappleman will announce participatory budgeting in the 46th Ward. Participatory budgeting is a community-based process where community members decide how to spend $1.3 million in Aldermanic menu funds. Residents gather at neighborhood assemblies, develop project
See Wilson Red Line Station Plans on Oct.11
Save the date- CTA will show residents the plan for a crisp new Wilson Red Line station. The event location and time are being finalized now. We’ll keep you up to speed. In the meantime, drum up some hype by
See Wilson Red Line Station Plans on Oct.11
Save the date- CTA will show residents the plan for a crisp new Wilson Red Line station. The event location and time are being finalized now. We’ll keep you up to speed. In the meantime, drum up some hype by
Berteau Greenway: Public Meeting Thursday
You’re invited to this public meeting on the proposed Greenway on Berteau. Alderman Cappleman’s 46th Ward Transportation Master Plan calls for a Greenway in our ward, but that has not yet been achieved. Our recommendation is for Leland. Come to
Berteau Greenway: Public Meeting Thursday
You’re invited to this public meeting on the proposed Greenway on Berteau. Alderman Cappleman’s 46th Ward Transportation Master Plan calls for a Greenway in our ward, but that has not yet been achieved. Our recommendation is for Leland. Come to
Ald. Cappleman, Bike Uptown Showcase New “Stop for Peds” Signs
Alderman James Cappleman and members of Bike Uptown met at the intersection of Montrose and the Lakefront Trail Tuesday morning to showcase the new “Stop for Pedestrians” signs that Alderman James Cappleman and Bike Uptown worked together to get installed.
Ald. Cappleman, Bike Uptown Showcase New “Stop for Peds” Signs
Alderman James Cappleman and members of Bike Uptown met at the intersection of Montrose and the Lakefront Trail Tuesday morning to showcase the new “Stop for Pedestrians” signs that Alderman James Cappleman and Bike Uptown worked together to get installed.
“Stop for Peds” Signs Installed
We’re happy to see that the new “State Law: Stop For Pedestrians Within Crosswalk” signs have been installed in the 46th Ward at some of our highest-crash intersections: on the Lakefront Trail at Lawrence, Wilson and Montrose. Bike Uptown worked
“Stop for Peds” Signs Installed
We’re happy to see that the new “State Law: Stop For Pedestrians Within Crosswalk” signs have been installed in the 46th Ward at some of our highest-crash intersections: on the Lakefront Trail at Lawrence, Wilson and Montrose. Bike Uptown worked
