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You're already an Active Trans member at heart. Become a member in action!by crandell | 09/03/2010  You want safer streets in your community so you can cross the road without worrying about getting hit. You wish the Chicago region had more bike lanes and trails so you would feel more comfortable biking to work or visiting the park with your family. And you wish you had reliable and affordable transit options that were easy to get to and easy to use. Even though you might not realize it, you're probably already an Active Transportation Alliance member at heart. And Active Trans is already working on your behalf to improve conditions for biking, walking and transit. But by becoming a member in action, you can put more power behind their vision of a Chicagoland with half as many crashes and where half of all trips are made by biking, walking and transit. Active Trans is at a critical point on the road to making its vision a reality, and they need support from people like you to make it happen. Your support is the strength behind the movement! Hop Off the CTA Train for Easy Access to Chicago Farmers' Marketsby crandell | 08/15/2010  Farmers markets best serve their purpose when you can walk to one, but if you need to travel to a market, there are a number of options that are very convenient by CTA train. I missed my usual farmers' market on a recent Saturday morning, and unfortunately there's no Sunday markets in my neighborhood. So I looked up where the Sunday farmers' markets are and ventured outside my neighborhood to the Glenwood Sunday Market, because it was such an easy trip right next to the train. Here's a list of some other great options for farmers markets by train. Red LineGlenwood Sunday Market (Sundays) -- Morse stop Edgewater Farmers Market (Saturdays) -- Between Granville and Thorndale stops Main Street Station - Evanston with a Heartby studenkov | 07/25/2010  Anybody who's ever visited Evanston has probably been to Davis Street. This downtown shopping district is bustling with chain stores, boutiques and restaurants. It is the place where people come to shop, dine and have fun. It is a bustling downtown... But it's not the only downtown. You see, Evanston does not have one downtown shopping district. It has three. What's the best train stop to get off at? Train stop smack down on the Train Stop Guide!by crandell | 06/20/2010  Rate your favorite train stops on Carfree Chicago's new interactive Train Stop Guide! What's the best stop to get off at for shopping? Where do hop off for your favorite restaurants or to enjoy a day at the beach or park? What's the best stop to live near? Find CTA, Metra and South Shore Line stations that get you to your favorite places, and leave your ratings and comments behind to let others know what they can look forward to when they leave the station (or give it the smack-down if there's nothing to look forward to!) Train Stop Guide: http://www.carfreechicago.com/trainstopguide Vote now through Sept. 10 for Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana's favorite 'undiscovered' public placeby KSommer | 08/18/2010 What’s Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana’s favorite hidden public place? Between Aug. 9 and Sept. 10, vote online at PlacemakingChicago.com for your favorite of two dozen finalists in the “What Makes Your Place Great? Your Secret Corner of Chicagoland” photo and video contest. To find the undiscovered places that make Chicagoland great, Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) and Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) called on people to submit a photo or video and written description of their favorite hidden public place in the region to the “What Makes Your Place Great? Your Secret Corner of Chicagoland” contest. Fast trains under attack in Wisconsinby crandell | 08/17/2010 I've been looking forward to the new train service planned between Chicago and Madison, Wis. So I was disappointed to hear that Scott Walker, a Republican candidate for Governor in Wisconsin, has launched a major attack against passenger trains in Wisconsin. Please ask your friends in Wisconsin to show their support for passenger rail expansion. Wisconsin was awarded Recovery Act funds to extend the successful Amtrak Hiawatha from Milwaukee to Madison. Walker has promised to stop construction if he is elected. This week, he held an anti-train rally in Milwaukee and began running TV ads promising to "stop this train." He even set up a special website: http://www.NoTrain.com The Midwest High Speed Rail Association has set up an action page where Wisconsin residents can show their support. Please show your support for Amtrak expansion at: Discussion from The Chainlink about Being Car Free in Chicagoby juliehochstadter | 08/10/2010  From Thechainlink.org, a social network for cyclists in Chicago. Thought this would be a great place to share car free thoughts.... Link is here, but I have also posted the question below. - http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/people-who-do-not-own-cars?page... Quite a few threads have me wondering what your lifestyle is like that it doesn’t necessitate owning a car. I think it is great that you are able to live car free, but I am wondering how this is. Many people have expressed the feeling of freedom that comes with not owning car, but for me it feels like a lack of. Ride the City 'Burbs via Bicycleby paulcycles | 07/13/2010 Use the Illinois Prairie Path! Its free & easy & a beauty. Is your favorite train stop a great public space?by KSommer | 07/06/2010 Last week, Mandy Burrell Booth from the Metropolitan Planning Council wrote a great blog post about the Train Stop Guide (Streetsblog liked it, too!). Here’s her post, and a challenge: is your favorite train stop one of the region’s incredible undiscovered public spaces? If so, enter it in the What Makes Your Place Great? contest by July 26 and be eligible to win some great prizes! What's your favorite CTA, Metra or South Shore stop? Livable Streets and Reviving a Chicago Plaza Proposalby crandell | 07/02/2010  Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin today posted a great piece on livable streets and street closures and revived a plaza proposal I floated last year: Let's keep an open mind on closing streets: They might bring new life to dull city blocks Read the proposal for a plaza by the Belmont Red Line station here: http://www.carfreechicago.com/belmontplaza Where else might you envision a neighborhood plaza in Chicago? |
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