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Bookmark or Share- Miracle on Ashland Avenue: Despite past pushback from neighbors, bus ...It seemed highly unlikely that Chicago would ever extend the Ashland Avenue [1600 W.] bus corridor further than its current northernmost stop on Ashland at Irving Park Road [4000 N.] Some neighbors north of Irving have long opposed converting a few car-parking spots on the avenue to bus stops. They also made dubious claims that CTA traffic ...
- CTA Ashland BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) - CTA - Chicago Transit AuthorityThe Ashland Avenue corridor is a key north-south connector that has seen residential and employment growth and is expected to attract more. According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the population living within a half-mile of Ashland between Irving Park Road and 95th Street is expected to grow by 55,000 (or about 24%) by 2040.
- Ashland Avenue Arterial Resurfacing - 40th Ward of ChicagoThe Ashland Avenue resurfacing project includes a full street resurfacing from Ridge to School, as well as major pedestrian safety improvements. As part of Chicago’s Complete Streets Ordinance, any arterial resurfacing project must also include pedestrian and bike safety infrastructure; ...
- CTA gets green light to extend Ashland Avenue bus route to Ravenswood ...The northbound No. 9 Ashland Avenue bus shown near Irving Park Road. A City Council committee has granted permission to the CTA to extend the route further north, to Lawrence, ending near the ...
- Ashland Avenue, the Great Fire and the Ruins of ChicagoAshland Avenue, first known as Reuben Street, was already developed before the fire and was considered the height of suburban living on the West Side in the 1860s. In 1864, real estate developer Samuel J. Walker further improved Ashland between Monroe and Harrison, widening and paving the street, building costly homes, and planting trees up and ...
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