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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

Citizen-Sourced Problem Solving

Peoria, Illinois
Our City faces a number of difficult challenges, including those in the realms of infrastructure, economic opportunity, and community well-being. The municipal government works to address these challenges through its programs on a daily basis, but...
collective-impact crowdsourcing grants competitions citizen-activism public-service volunteerism community-driven problem-solving public-feedback innovation civic-engagement building park bicycling walking street land-use housing water public-space preservation transit infrastructure

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

Sports Trolley

Reno, Nevada
There is a parking problem in Reno when it comes to sports games. Well, we can fix it! With our idea of a "sports trolley," fans can be picked up and dropped off by a game day trolley and be taken to a sports game either at the Aces stadium or UNR...
transit

Warehouse District Parking

Peoria, Illinois
The City should address parking issues in the Warehouse District to promote further development. On-street parking is adequate to meet current demand. However, with new businesses opening up this year, like Zion Coffee, and those soon to come pa...
infrastructure

Main Street Configured as a Boulevard

Peoria, Illinois
This would include new in-fill projects designed to complete the street wall with pedestrian-friendly frontage increase both interest and pedestrian comfort. The addition of trees in the median will help bring the streetscape down to a more human ...
bicycling building infrastructure land-use public-space street transit walking heart-of-peoria-plan infill

Skyloft on West Cortland

Chicago, Illinois
I feel that given the state of chicago’s socioeconomic resume, and since a large majority of this cities income and equity derives from tourism and its own collection of tourist attractions i feel the most logical and profitable addition to the ...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods building

Touchscreen COTA maps for tourists

Columbus, Ohio
Eighteen maps have been installed at New York City's Grand Central Station in 47-inch touchscreen kiosks. They will display departures, arrivals, delays and outages, as well points of interest. We can take this idea and apply it to Columbus. To...
forge-ahead

Bee Keeping in Yorkville

Yorkville, Illinois
Is permitting the practice of beekeeping something that would benefit the residents of Yorkville? Borrowing from the ordinances of Evanston, IL and Milwaukee, WI, Yorkville drafted an ordinance that allows for limited beekeeping on properties a...
visualizing-yorkville-zoning

Re-Coating Railway's Pillars

Chicago, Illinois
For the Wabash train... re-coating with recycled plastic-rubber of variety of "neon" (very visible to the walker's eyes and less reflective to the drivers' at night) colors with artistic designs on its pillars that could serve as alter lights at n...
transforming-wabash

Fare-free zone on Metra Electric

Chicago, Illinois
The Metra Electric is the smoothest, quickest way to get from the Loop to the Museum Campus area, but it's not well used for that purpose--people who already have CTA passes are likely to use a bus to get there instead of paying $2.75 to buy a Met...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Rock Climbing Wall Utilizing Public/Private Structures Already In Place

Peoria, Illinois
Chattanooga, TN, in cooperation with private and public enterprises, turned currently existing structures in their downtown area into a world class rock climbing destination. We have a lot of private buildings downtown, as well as existing (new an...
regional-draw youth-activities rock-climbing bicycling public-space park

After work learning and socializing

Chicago, Illinois
Everyone loves school! Right? Guys? Hello? But if one of the social clubs started offering informal four or eight week master classes, maybe in cooperation with area colleges, people could meet other local singles while learning about beer making ...
transforming-wabash

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

Take Advantage of Existing Infrastructure

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: This includes technology infrastructure (broadband gigabit network / internet access) as well as the allowances for large amounts of electricity that was provided to Finkl when it was ope...
north-branch-river-works

Create business districts & neighborhood centers that enhance community identity

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Creating clearly defined business districts and neighborhood centers can heighten community identity and character. These places serve as focal points where people can gather. They can include a variety of residential choices and feature entertain...
focal-point gathering-center neighborhood-center town-center central-business-district downtown

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 ...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Support our Community Bike Ride

Chicago, Illinois
This will be our second annual community bike event that will serve as a means of engaging youth and residents in underserved communities and teaching them about the benefits of wellness via biking and walking. Our organization, We Keep you Rolli...
health safety wellness walking street bicycling

Hold an Austin Community Conversation & Survey Picnic

Chicago, Illinois
There are barely any leisure entertainment activities for community members, particularly youth, in Austin. I would like to hold a community picnic centered around discussing this issue. At the event I will gather quantitative and qualitative data...
youth picnic entertainment

Preserve / Adaptively Reuse Significant Historic Resources

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: 25-35% of the buildings within the PMD must be reused / adapted. Preservation of the Cortland Bridge, the railroad swing bridge, as well as the Finkl signage should be considered as well.
north-branch-river-works

Encourage the opening of sidewalk cafes

Antioch, Illinois
Restaurants, coffee shops, and bars that provide sidewalk cafe seating improve the vibrancy of a street. The sense of place that they create attracts people that are more likely to spend time and money at that location as well as nearby businesses...
placemaking streetscape street sidewalk-cafe walking

Proposal of express bus service between Chicago museums and parking and CTA transit stations and Metra stations

Chicago, Illinois
While bus service is currently available between Chicago's Museum Campus into the city, and other locations such as MSI and Lincoln Park, it can and should be improved for all local and suburban residents as well as visitors. Express bus service ...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Make the Park Near the Cumberland Blue Line Station More Accessible

River Grove, Illinois
I chose the Cumberland Blue Line Station area as my site to improve. The Blue Line Station is massive; there are 1600 parking spaces available, and it is near O’Hare International Airport. It’s also near the Des Plaines River, which winds through ...
water walking park

Trailers + Recreational Vehicle Parking

Yorkville, Illinois
There is a concern that trailers (utility, boat, horse, cargo, camping, travel) and recreational vehicles are too large for residential lots and have been known to impede upon neighboring properties as well as the sidewalk. Is this a concern ...
visualizing-yorkville-zoning