News in Evanston
Alley and pedestrian crossing improvements to begin Sept. 28
s part of the 2026 Alley and Sidewalk Improvements Project, sewer and paving work is scheduled to begin next week in the alley north of Payne Street and east of Hartrey Avenue. Work will begin with storm sewer installation and is expected to take approximately four to six weeks,…
Residents push for stronger traffic-slowing measures along Asbury
A proposal to lower the speed limit on Asbury Avenue sparked a larger conversation about ways to slow traffic along the busy corridor and other city streets during Tuesday evening’s Ninth Ward meeting. A couple dozen residents gathered at the Prieto Community Center, which sits…
The Traffic Guy 2.0 hears … news of bird watching by canoe, sewers and sidewalks in rehab, and a mother’s reminder that speed still kills
… that our sidewalks could be fixed nine years sooner — that is, in 17 years instead of 26 — if the City Council can come up with an additional $150,000 every year. “Still absurd, but far, far better,” Murphy Monroe, said of the shorter timeline. Monroe chairs the city’s ADA…
North Shore sewer rehabilitation project to resume on Sept. 16
Inliner Solutions has been hired by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to continue the North Shore Sewer Rehabilitation Project. The project aims to maintain and improve the MWRD sewers along Sheridan Road. Work began last summer and will resume…
Guest essay: Evanston needs to speed up its plan to slow down drivers
While I was standing on the sidewalk with neighbors watching the recent lunar eclipse, a car raced down our narrow one-way residential street. Barely slowing at the stop sign at Madison Street and Elmwood Avenue, it sped past us as it neared Ridge Avenue, easily clocking 45 mph.…
Official map shows ban on parking minimums affects most of Evanston
The newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board of Directors officially released a map showing which parts of the Chicago area fall under the limits on parking minimums that took effect in June — and it includes most of Evanston. The People Over Parking Act, which was…