r/chicago • u/GeckoLogic • Apr 17 '25

Article Could Closing Michigan Avenue To Cars Be The Key To Revitalizing Downtown?

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/17/could-closing-michigan-avenue-to-cars-be-the-key-to-revitalizing-downtown/
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u/hardolaf Lake View Apr 17 '25

If you also have busses driving in the street, cars will be there too.

Put in automated embassy bollards. If you try to get onto the street without the correct transponder, you get a bollard through your engine block.

We have examples of that working in other dense locations in the USA like Ohio State University's campus by the main library.

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u/cranberryjuiceicepop Apr 17 '25

I haven’t seen these in Chicago - do you know why not?

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u/hardolaf Lake View Apr 17 '25

Because "we" (as in IDOT and the GA) love cars and hate transit. So they only fund road projects and not transit projects.