How did the Woodstock Swami influence CDOT's new transportation agenda?

Six months after reporting for work, Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments and firsts in promoting walking, biking and transit, marking a sea change in the city's transportation priorities.

Grid Chicago bicycled to work with Klein one morning and learned interesting details about the commissioner's biography and family history that help explain how he became a self-described "fiscal conservative who's as liberal as they come." Who knew that Chicago's forward-thinking new transportation policy was influenced the swami who gave the opening invocation at Woodstock?

Read the story here:
http://gridchicago.com/2011/how-did-chicagos-progressive-transporta...

Keep moving forward,

John Greenfield

Views: 189

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 13, 2011 at 7:30am

You also contact him via Twitter and Facebook.

h' said:

If you talk to him again can you ask him to check his e-mail?

Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on December 13, 2011 at 8:57am

Nice job on the profile article in New City as well. I found it both informative and enjoyable to read.

-f

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 13, 2011 at 11:41am

Thanks Fran!

Fran Kondorf said:

Nice job on the profile article in New City as well. I found it both informative and enjoyable to read.

-f

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 13, 2011 at 12:26pm

+1 

   Also great to have some insight into his holistic view of things and how he manages to ride on Michigan Ave. by "taking the lane." That is something I have the hardest time doing on streets like Western, Ashland, and Irving Park to name the ones with the most conflict.



Fran Kondorf said:

Nice job on the profile article in New City as well. I found it both informative and enjoyable to read.

-f

Permalink Reply by Mark on December 14, 2011 at 5:14am
Permalink Reply by dan brown on December 14, 2011 at 5:21am

John - very nice article. congrats on the front page coverage. and now since we know where mr. klein lives we can be on the lookout for him with that cool masi. I, especially am watching since he lives two blocks from me now !

 

Dan

Permalink Reply by Liz on December 14, 2011 at 5:33am

This has to be one of the weirdest and most pointless articles ever. 

Mark said:

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 14, 2011 at 5:40am

Thanks Dan!

dan brown said:

John - very nice article. congrats on the front page coverage. and now since we know where mr. klein lives we can be on the lookout for him with that cool masi. I, especially am watching since he lives two blocks from me now !

 

Dan

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on December 14, 2011 at 7:53am

Exactly! I went in to the reading experience assuming that I'd be outraged, but left thinking that the overall slant was actually pro-bike somehow.

Cameron Puetz said:

I feel like I want to argue with the NBC article, but I can't figure out the author's point, much less his supporting arguments.



Mark said:

RSS

Groups

© 2008-2016   The Chainlink Community, L.L.C.   Powered by

Disclaimer  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service