Millennium Reserve will fill the gap

This past Friday morning, I stood on the 11th floor of the USA Bank building, that icon of the Bishop Ford at 111th St.—with at least a 30-mile view of the patchy, sometimes flowering, someti

Sneak a peek: The Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign

Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail are posting teasers every two days from the full-length Legacy Campaign video that wil

This weekend: Blue Island Non-Motorized Plan workshop and more

 First, let's take stock of what's going on with Blue Island:

Violet, then and now

Some—a handful of you—will recognize his picture (top, right) of my daughter Violet.

Workshops for Calumet-Sag Trail's wayfinding and amenities have begun!

As the first of eight workshops open to the public,

Oak Lawn and Blue Island top brawlers in municipal Commuter Challenge

Step off, Chicagoland. Oak Lawn owns this corner. And that corner over there? That's Blue Island's.

Blue Island City Council bikes to work!

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Ticketing tots

Ah, baseball: the crack of the bat, the slap of the mit; the peanuts and the dogs, the shout of the ump; your kid getting a crosswalk violation ticket....

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Cal-Sag Cycles: A pop-up bike shop

It started with a phone call in mid-May.

A month later, a youth earn-a-bike program will open as a bike shop for one day in downtown Blue Island.

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Southland bike commuter showdown: Oak Lawn vs. Tinley Park and Orland Park

Holy cage match!

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