Evanston and Skokie residents voiced their concerns on housing affordability Saturday at Homing in on Housing, a housing forum hosted by Community Alliance for Better Government and Skokie Neighbors for Housing Justice. Held at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, the event brought together speakers to share about their housing struggles and successes and invited attendees to.
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IDOT, like all other state DOTs, must conduct a "vulnerable road user" (VRU) safety assessment by Nov. 15. Required by the 2021 federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it s a response to the national increase in injuries/fatalities of non-motorist road users.
Sometimes a news story catches my eye. Sometimes it chokes me up. The death of a 3-year-old riding the rear carrier on her mother s bike in Chicago evoked strong emotions with the merging of two passions biking and parenthood.
John Fervoy, an avid cyclist and Evanston resident, used to occasionally bike from Evanston to downtown Chicago for work. But hazardous bike routes and poorly marked streets made his commute consistently a “hassle.” “Dead ends and our manmade infrastructure — the channel and the railroad embankment that runs through town — block off easy transit.