YIMBY News for 3/25

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Opinion: Adding Parking to Sports Stadiums Makes It Harder for Everyone To Get Around

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.94. affordable, affordable housing, development, house, housing, mixed-use, parking, parking lot, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, walk

*This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois.* By Kalen Luciano *Kalen Luciano is a Lakeview resident and organizer with Lakeview Urbanists where he advocates for projects and policies that build more abundant housing, active transportation, and safe streets.* *As a guest op-ed, this piece does not necessarily reflect the views of Streetsblog Chicago staffers.* The Chicago Cubs recently proposed expanding one of their parking lots near Wrigley Field, north of Grace Street and just east of Clark Street, by 368 parking spots from 579 to 947. This strategy would increase the size of the lot by adding

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5 of Our Favorite Solutions in Chicago

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.42. development, homeowner, housing, project, real estate, rent, urban

(Photo by Pedro Lastra / Unsplash) Chicago is a city with distinct neighborhoods. It’s also a place known for its architecture and good food. And as Anton Seals Jr., lead steward of Grow Greater Englewood, recently told me: “This is a place where grassroots movements, labor and design are citizen-led, actively reshaping our political landscape.” This year, Next City’s Vanguard Conference is making its way to Chicago on September 15-18, 2026, to learn about all of those details with equity and justice at the center. Applications for the next cohort are being accepted until May 14 at 11:59 p.m.

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Wilson Pauses Surveillance Camera Expansion, Pending Data Security Audit

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.02. downtown, house, parking, project, rent, urban, walk

[image: Wilson Pauses Surveillance Camera Expansion, Pending Data Security Audit] After repeatedly speaking of her concerns about Seattle’s CCTV cameras on the campaign trail, Mayor Katie Wilson chose a middle path forward last week, pausing the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD’s) recent surveillance camera expansion pending an audit, but allowing some cameras to stay on. Walking a fine line, Wilson spoke to both the concerns and benefits of police surveillance. “There’s no doubt that these cameras make it easier to solve some crimes, including serious ones like homicides, but also, cameras ar

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D.C. Advocates Sue To Save Key Bike Lane From Trump

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.42. bike lane, house, transportation, urban, vision zero

Advocates in the nation’s capital are suing the Trump administration to prevent the removal of a critical bike lane — but also to send a warning about the White House’s ongoing assault on human-scaled infrastructure. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association sued a constellation of federal agencies earlier this week after signs abruptly went up along 15th Street NW indicating that the portions of the bike lane between Constitution Avenue and the Jefferson Memorial would be removed by the federal government without any advance notice, explanation, environmental review, or opportunity for public

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