NEWS

Traffic Calming Case Study (July 2007)
Much hay has been made about traffic calming devices at highly conflicted intersections. And with good reason. While signage has the potential to remind users to change their behavior, devices actually work within the existing infrastructure to modify behavior itself. Such devices include cross-hatched European-style crosswalks, raised crosswalks, and bumpouts (also known as bulbouts or curb extensions). The end result is increased safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists alike.

Here is an example from a complicated crossing point in Logan Square: where Kedzie meets Wrightwood. The challenges at this point are compounded by the proximity of a popular public transit hub and a well-populated senior center adjacent to the site. The first of these visuals shows the site with no traffic calming features at all. The second shows the site in its current iteration, with cross-hatched crosswalks, bumpouts, and a bicycle lane which extends the narrowed width of the automobile lane. The third offers a rendering of a future point, where the bumpouts are beautified with trees and native plants.

Walk Winter (December 2006)
LSW provides information about Chicago and Illinois ordinances regarding snow and ice removal for city residents. Click here for a press release.

Check out Timeout Chicago's Coverage of the Paseo Prairie Garden!(August 2006)
The Prairie Paseo Garden was featured in an August 2006 issue of Timeout Chicago. Click here for the text version of the article, and here for the PDF.

Introducing Wayfaring to LSW (April 2006)

There are countless places to walk in Chicagoland. This interactive map represents the most popular walks in our region. You can help make it complete by contributing your favorites.

Add new walks directly to the map by clicking on the map and then adding a new "route" and a "note"
describing your walk. Alternatively, feel free to email a detailed description of your favorite walk to
helphand(at)gmail.com and we'll post it for you.

Participate in the Pedestrian Critical Mass, September 28, 2005!

House and Garden Walk
Join us as one of the featured gardens of the 2005 Logan Square Preservation 24th Annual House and Garden Walk! Saturday, September 17, 10am - 5pm. Then stay for our official Paseo Prairie Garden ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6pm! A few words of dedication, thanks to our sponsors, live music from Tangleweed, John Greenfield, and perhaps others, and a chance to stop and smell the flowers with your families, friends, and neighbors. We'd love to see you there!