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Immediate Fixes Desperately Needed for Museum Campus Access

Chicago, Illinois
I went to the MPC open house last week and it was good to talk with people, including Yonah Freemark. My hope (and goal) is to institute immediate (and relatively inexpensive) improvements to the current DISMAL public transportation situation to ...
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Increase bus frequency and create bus lanes

Chicago, Illinois
Buses should run more frequently within the entire city, including the loop and to the museum campus. obviously this is a much larger project than just improving transit to the mc but something has to be done about transportation throughout the ci...
street

Noise Reduction Tunnel

Chicago, Illinois
The Noise Reduction Plan calls for construction of a sound insulation U-shaped tunnel underneath the Chicago Transit Authority tracks where it runs above Wabash Avenue that pushes the sound and noise up towards the sky as opposed to down to the st...
transforming-wabash

Access to Chicago River from Cumberland Blue Line Station

Chicago, Illinois
The Cumberland Blue Line station is the second to last blue line station from O’hare airport. It is located between a residential neighborhood and the Catherine Chevalier Woods, which is part of the Forest Preserve. On the other si...
water walking transit preservation public-space park land-use bicycling

CTA Line for Southeast Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
Recently some groups have been calling for Metra to convert to an "L"-like timetable with trains running every 10 or 15 minutes. http://chi.streetsblog.org/2016/01/1...ike-the-cta-l/ But I have another, crazier idea. In 2013, CTA pulled all ...
museum-campus-transportation-study transit

Downtown Shuttle/Trolley: a free hop-on/hop-off shuttle in the downtown

Peoria, Illinois
Provide a free, hop-on/hop-off trolley in the downtown that runs 7 days a week, from 6:00 AM - 12:00 AM, that has a vehicle stop at any designated stop every ten minutes or less. This would allow people to live and work downtown without the need ...
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Data-powered street furniture

Columbus, Ohio
By using built-in sensors, trash and recycle bins can detect how full they are and call for collection only when it is needed. Finland, for example, is making collecting the garbage smarter with its own product Enevo, a system that records when...
forge-ahead

Multi-Tiered Museum Campus Transportation Plan

Chicago, Illinois
After thorough review of your presentation from OCT 14 meeting and corresponding website of ideas for transportation updates to make access of the Museum Campus there is still glaring omission: creating a new dedicated subway line branching off fr...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Adopt and rename the i-670 trail

Columbus, Ohio
The east-west i-670 trail is named after the interstate it runs next to. i believe this trail needs to be renamed with something more representative of it's surroundings. it connects the alum creek trail to the scioto and olentangy greenway trai...
street

Potholes: The Real Issue of Canaryville

Chicago, Illinois
I want to try and fix the roads in canaryville. potholes have ruined many streets and cars and the cold weather and snow is not helping the cause. my friends and i had our run in with potholes with either having to swerve out of the way of one to...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods street

Let's Get Local at Park Lane

Reno, Nevada
The Park Lane Mall area is in the heart of Reno and we believe this blank space is perfect for supporting local businesses. We need a local small business mall to support the community and support American entrepreneurship. Imagine the Mid-Town Di...
land-use

Build A New Park On The River Near Goose Island!

Chicago, Illinois
The problem: On blustery Winter days, my friends and I often fantasize about Summers in Chicago- hanging out by the lake, traversing Michigan Avenue, and hitting the shops in The Loop. There is one other particular idea that comes to mind every t...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods water public-space park

Pocket Park: Calumet Fisheries Environs

Chicago, Illinois
The Calumet Fisheries Environs is an open plot of abandoned land behind the famous Calumet Fishery shack. Unlike most restaurants, this store's customers buy their smoked fish and french fries inside the shack and proceed to eat in their cars. The...
water park land-use

RiverFit

Peoria, Illinois
Develop a fitness trail along the west bank of the Illinois River including a hard-surfaced path wide enough for biking, rollerblading, running and walking (6" wide) that runs along the river, east of SW Water Street. This trial would include exe...
public-space

Light Rail on Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, Illinois
Run light rail on Lake Shore Drive Image: Michelle Dyer
museum-campus-transportation-study

Convert to LED street lighting

Columbus, Ohio
Street lighting can account for up to 40% of a city’s electricity bill, according to Pike Research. 1) Energy savings are real: LED fixtures would achieve a 40% electricity savings over conventional high-pressure sodium (HPS) units. The actua...
forge-ahead

Improve Pedestrian Infrastructure on Cortland Street

Chicago, Illinois
There has been much discussion about cars, buses, trucks, and bicycles, but not a lot about the pedestrian experience has one walks / runs through (or near) the site. Sidewalks are crumbling, unkept, or not wide enough to comfortably walk without...
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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...
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