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Pedestrian Bridge over McFetridge

Chicago, Illinois
A pedestrian bridge over McFetridge to connect the Field Museum with Solider Field (and the parking garages) would help keep bus and car traffic flowing more smoothly and improve safety for pedestrians
museum-campus-transportation-study

Expand and beautify sidewalks and public spaces

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: 30th, 31st & 36th Wards | BC Chamber, SSA2 Project Timeframe: Long-term
small-business walking public-space infrastructure street bicycling

Forest Preserve Accessibility

Chicago, Illinois
The site that this project would improve is the Schiller Woods forest preserve. The park has multiple trails and other programs but the main issue is that it is hard to find and enter. This idea is to put a map to the park in the nearby bus statio...
transit public-space park

Rental Bikes (Divvy)

Peoria, Illinois
Add rental bikes (Divvy) stations downtown for employees and others in the area to promote wellness and environmental safety. This is what is used in Chicago.
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria bicycling

Outdoor Pot Luck Dinner for Hundreds "In the Loop"

Chicago, Illinois
A monthly "pot luck" dinner under the tracks on Wabash in the summer would be an awesome way to "activate" the street on the weekends and evenings. The goal is to increase the "vibrancy" of Wabash. Vibrant areas have relatively high levels of acti...
transforming-wabash

design

Chicago, Illinois
I want to solve waste of food and artificially made foods
garden

Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School

Chicago, Illinois

Build a Merchandise Mart Riverwalk

Chicago, Illinois
Given the current construction of Phase 3, the last of the planned riverwalk expansions on the southern edge of the central branch, let's start thinking about the possibilities on the north side. Although there are several riverwalk segments for ...
bicycling riverwalk water walking public-space park infrastructure

World's Longest Speed Dating Chain

Chicago, Illinois
Close Wabash from top to bottom and put in standing height tables. Change partners every time the Brown Line goes past. Maybe not everyone who does it is serious, but it'll be serious chaotic fun.
transforming-wabash

Helping At-Risk Youth Living in Underserved Communities

Chicago, Illinois
The current social problem that is plaguing Chicago is an abundance of high crime and violence. There has been an overwhelming amount of news reports that focus on youth violence and crime as being a major concern. To help solve this problem, "...
laquan-mcdonald youth-empowerment-center maurice-gunn new-groverner fund-77 madison youth-programs violence gangs sos save-our-streets austin urban-development youth-development at-risk-youth southside westside west-side chicago murders deaths shooting

Rework the Elston / Ashland / Armitage Intersection

Chicago, Illinois
This intersection is awkward for any mode of transportation and especially harsh for pedestrians and bicyclists. What are some ways in which these intersection can be improved in order to improve safety and traffic flow? Could a reworked / redev...
north-branch-river-works

Rollercoaster, Say What?

Chicago, Illinois
Add a bump or two to the ‘L’ to create the sensation and visual look of a roller coaster.
transforming-wabash

Add / Reroute Public Transportation

Chicago, Illinois
Could we ensure that, if there will be more activity and redevelopment in the area, public transportation be added / rerouted? - Submitted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 1 attendee that chose to be anonymous
north-branch-river-works

Install a food waste sorting station for Northside's outdoor seating area

Chicago, Illinois
Northside College Prep currently sorts food waste into recycling, compost, food share, liquids, and trash. The trash is simply sent to landfills, negatively affecting the environment. Students love to eat outdoors, but commonly don't bring their t...
public-space

Multi-Use Parking Lots

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Multi-use parking lots could accommodate parking during the day for businesses and other events and activities at night.
north-branch-river-works

Gwendolyn Brooks Prep School - EPIC Student Group I

Chicago, Illinois
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is a selective enrollment public high school located in the Historic Pullman District. We offer a rigorous academic program consisting of Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Credit course offerings. We...

CTA Gray Line Project

Chicago, Illinois
Looking West from the new Lucas Museum site, what do you see?: http://bit.ly/UY5GvE Shiny Metra Electric trains just 500ft (less than a block) from the Museum site, and from above you can see just how close to the Museum those Metra trains presen...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Add Bike Lanes on Wabash

Chicago, Illinois
Currently, Wabash Avenue is a southbound street with parking lanes on both sides, outside the ‘L’ columns. Parking is awkward as drivers have to weave through the columns to navigate to spaces. If the parking were removed and replaced with bike la...
transforming-wabash

Add Access and Extend McCormick Busway to 31st

Chicago, Illinois
The current CTA Bus Rapid Transit Route J14 should be realigned to travel along the McCormick Place Busway. In order to faciliate this, bus access should be added from Congress Parkway or Balboa and Pedestrian access should be added from Roosevelt...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Promoting Waste Management by Reducing School Usage

Chicago, Illinois
We want to inform our peers on the importance of recycling and wasting food. Our group will mimic a recycling and compost method that we searched which is effective and put forth the effort to establish it in Brooks. Hopefully if they become habit...
building recycling compost waste-management

Resource Fairs

Chicago, Illinois
Host employment resource fairs with existing and new employers.
employment-opportunities jobs

Expand youth programming and foster youth leadership

Chicago, Illinois
We can and will address the current gap between what the young people in our community need to reach their potential and what is available by creating new opportunities for youth activity, expanding existing youth programming in and outside of sch...

Restoring Hyde Park

Chicago, Illinois
Our goal as a team is to clean up the neighborhood of Hyde Park as a whole. We want to make Hyde Park a clean place for tourists and other people that visit there for the landmarks. There are various schools (Kenwood, and The University of Chicago...
public-space preservation restoring cleaning

Gwendolyn Brooks Prep School - EPIC Student Group G

Chicago, Illinois
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is a selective enrollment public high school located in the Historic Pullman District. We offer a rigorous academic program consisting of Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Credit course offerings. We...