Watch Chicago Get Plowed
Accountability is always a good thing….especially when your street is covered in two feet of snow and you can’t leave your house. So it’s nice to see that the city has created a new online tool for monitoring where …
Category Archives: Transportation
Vote for the 2012-2013 Chicago Vehicle Sticker
Voting is open until December 11th for the 2012-2013 Chicago Vehicle Sticker. Nearly 240 Chicago high school students submitted designs for the sticker and the City has narrowed the field down to 10. Click here to check out the finalists …
Chicago Traffic Tracker
The Chicago Department of Transportation is putting the finishing touches on a real-time traffic tracker for arterial streets in the city. “The tracker, which allows users to customize a search for specific intersections, displays real-time congestion and travel speed data …
Are Speeding Cameras Good or Bad?
Today’s Chicago Tribune has a detailed story about legislation making its way through Springfield that would allow speeding cameras to be installed within 1/8 mile of all Chicago schools and parks allowing for a $100 speeding ticket. According to the Trib, …
Balmoral Pedestrian Lights Get Green Light
Cross that one off our list! By a margin of 81-8 — over in our Speak Up section – Aville Daily readers said they wanted pedestrian lights installed at the corner of Clark and Balmoral. According to Alderman Harry Osterman, we will …
Accident at Ashland and Balmoral
Eastbound Balmoral remains closed off just before Ashland after a pretty serious accident. Two individuals were taken away by ambulance and one of the vehicles involved is up on the curb along side of the Historical Society. Southbound traffic on …
Bike Park Concept for Andersonville
Thom Greene’s rendering of a bike park concept for the intersection of Clark and Farragut. This would be amazing if it can happen. Via Edgeville Buzz.
Sweep Around Us
Wonder when your street will be cleaned? Enter your address at SweepAround.Us and then sign up for email alerts. You can also download a calendar of the cleaning schedule for your street.
Party Time: Expect North Side Travel Disruptions Today
Expect some chaos later today on the north side as President Obama comes to Uptown to celebrate his 50th Birthday at the Aragon. There will be road closures in the Lawrence area — and some closures tonight on the red …
Where Are All The Bike Racks?
Andersonville prides itself as an eco-friendly neighborhood that is great for walkers and bikers. But we could not help noticing that for all that pride, there is nary a bike rack to be found in Andersonville. Bikers used to be …
Car Crashes into Fifth Third Bank
According to police dispatch, around 2:10pm today a car crashed into Fifth Third Bank at Ashland and Catalpa and one report mentioned possible injuries. Via Chicago News Report.
