DuSable Lake Shore Drive's Massive Redesign Should Focus More On Buses Than Cars, Alderpeople Tell State

Fourteen alderpeople have signed a letter to Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer Osman and Chicago Department of Transportation President Tom Carney, asking the state to “halt” its Redefine the Drive project, which calls for redesigning and rebuilding DuSable Lake Shore Drive from Grand to Hollywood avenues on the North Side.

A final design for the decade-plus project has yet to be determined. Roadway configurations were released by the state in 2022, with two of five possible designs calling for bus-only lanes. But each of the proposals would maintain the Drive as as “an urban highway without significant mass transit elements,” alderpeople said in the letter.