After a teenager was killed and another severely injured, the City of Chicago removed a traffic lane and converted it to a safer neighborhood greenway
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/28/after-drivers-killed-one-teen-on-a-bike-and-critically-injured-another-on-long-avenue-in-portage-park-its-now-a-neighborhood-greenway
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bvoigtlaender@feddit.org · 27 pts · 1y
Why is this in c/upliftingnews ? Its rather depressing that we are unable to build safe neighbourhoods without having to kill eachother.
sga013@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
it is uplifting in the sense that it is changing for better. It this does not feel uplifting with this wording though. It is "brutally" honest. I am iffy on removing this one
cjoll4@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"Uplift" means to raise the level of; improve; cause one to feel optimism
Here a dangerous street has been improved by converting it into a neighborhood greenway. It is a well-known fact that there are already a lot of dangerous streets in the world, but I feel optimistic that more and more cities are rethinking the way they build their thoroughfares and are shifting to safer, more human-focused designs.
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I feel the same. It’s like reading “person struck down in their prime has park bench named after them”.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Haven't ridden a bike regularly since I was 21, so forgive my ignorance. If the street was that dangerous (see video in post), why didn't people ride the sidewalks?
I know, they shouldn't have to, I get that, but I've stuck to sidewalks when the road felt that sketchy. And yes, random stuff can come at you sideways from a sidewalk, yes that's dangerous, but not as dangerous as riding that street.
I'll probably get called a victim blamer, but it's an honest question. In any case, good work Chicago DOT!
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Its illegal in Chicago to bike on the sidewalk.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Always thought that's bullshit. I will ride on a sidewalk before riding a bike on the street.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Lived there and did not know that! Thanks for the explanation!
GaryGhost@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 289d
Some drivers just hate cyclists and it's because it forces them to drive slower and safe.