There have been many changes to our city and state during the past several months as a result of coronavirus, including travel on the roads. While most stayed home during the lockdown beginning in March, causing fewer cars to be on the road, a study conducted by the Northwestern…
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Pedestrian Deaths Major Concern In Chicago
Even as the city of Chicago has taken a multitude of steps to ensure the safety of non-vehicle participants on its streets such as cyclists and pedestrians, the city still sees a great deal of pedestrian deaths. Vision Zero has improved on a great number of aspects to Chicago’s walking…
Chicago Lakefront Bike Trail Now Open
With many Chicagoans flouting the shelter-in-place restrictions order issued late March of this year, Mayor Lightfoot had to force compliance by closing the Lakefront Trail , the popular 606 Trail and the Riverwalk in an effort to decelerate the Covid19 outbreak and ease the strain on the city’s healthcare system.…
The 606 Trail Re-opens In Chicago
For those of us who live in Chicago and enjoy a scenic stroll or bike ride around the city we know that the 606 as well as the lakefront trails are the places you want to be. As many of us may know, both of these trails have been closed…
Dog Bites Increase During Quarantine
Quarantine during the pandemic saw pet adoptions and fosters skyrocket by about 43% and adoption inquiries jump by 116 percent in the second half of March. Perhaps, in an effort to fill the long hours of isolation and ward off depression (which also saw a historic rise during the pandemic),…
Road Rage In Chicago in the Time of Covid-19
Most of Illinois has been shuttered from the pandemic especially after the shelter-in-place orders Governor Pritzker has issued but it has not stopped people from hopping in their vehicles and driving recklessly and over the speed limit. Chicago which has a 30mph speed limit in most streets, have seen…
Chicago’s Push For Safe Bike Lanes Slows
In the times of quarantine in Chicago, many of us find ourselves jumping at any chance we get to enjoy the lovely springtime weather. These opportunities seem to be too infrequent to pass up the chance to get a little exercise. If you find yourself outside on one of these…
Covid -19 Continues to Close Chicago
Illinois state officials expressed concern in early April as the weather starts to improve and people take to the city seeking fresh air outside of their homes. As COVID-19 continues to shut the country down and the warm weather entices people to go outside, Chicago police officers have conducted…
Chicago Passes Ordinance To Help Keep Bike Lanes Clear
As most of the nation grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent executive orders deterring individuals and groups to be outside save for when fulfilling what are considered “essential tasks”, it is admittedly a challenge for Chicago residents to ignore a beautiful spring day. Lulled by the…
California Jury Enters $2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto In Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Trial
A $2 billion entered in favor of a Livermore, California couple that had contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma because of their use of Round-Up Weed Killer produced by Monsanto. Monsanto is appealing the verdict. The root of the legal issue revolves around the key ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate. Bayer maintained that…