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Why does Chicago Ave intersect lake shore drive & not merge onto it like other streets?

Asked by Freddy Fifield

Why aren't the street lights timed in the city? We're driving down Ogden and we have been stopped by every single light!

Asked by Erin Caldeira

Why are there so many used car lots on Western Ave but seemingly nowhere else in Chicago?

Asked by Anonymous

Is Chicago the only major city that doesn't use traffic sensors to control the left-turn arrows?

Asked by Anonymous

I wonder why the posted IDOT travel times on Chicago's expressways always seems to be wrong, especially during rush hour.

Asked by Marcia Levin

Why aren't there more trash cans on street corners?

Asked by Anonymous

Are the emergency stairwells found outside of downtown buildings still in use? Or have newer methods of evacuation taken their place?

Asked by Eric Ma

Road repairs take forever. Why do they tear up a street and let it sit for 2,3 or 4 weeks before doing the next step? Makes traffic worse.

Asked by Clinton Wolf

Why do outbound Metra trains run on the left track and inbound trains run on the right tracks.

Asked by Kenny Haller

Are the light-switches that are installed in city apartments designed to favor right handed people over left handed people?

Asked by Tracy

Why does the CTA run trains with fewer cars on the weekends?

Asked by Connor

When expressways were built in the 50s and 60s, how did it affect the residents whose homes were taken away, and the ones who stayed?

Asked by Edward Watts

Do one lane roads having No Parking signs during high traffic times (7-9, 4-6) become 2 lane roads during those periods?

Asked by Josh Sumner

I am new to Pilsen and was wondering why all the buildings are seemingly built below the street level. Most have a walkway to the front door

Asked by Ray Erickson

The apartment building located at 990 North Lake Shore drive has creepy clones distributed throughout Chicago - How did this come to pass?

Asked by Eric R Keune

Why was the George Leighton Criminal Courthouse built where it is? Was this site somehow identified in Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan?

Asked by Eric R Keune

Why are lane-dividing hashes so much longer on the tollway than anywhere else around Chicago?

Asked by Dan Meinhardt

Who came up with the idea for the Forest Preserves surrounding the city? What was and wasn’t preserved?

Asked by Arnulfo delgado

Why are there only numbered streets on the South Side of Chicago?

Asked by Zuri Mabrey-Wakefield

In theory, if water levels raise to its maximum level from global warming, how would chicago be affected in contrast to coastal cities?

Asked by Matthew Cohen

How did the Auburn Gresham neighborhood get its name? (Seems like a simple enough question to answer, yet no one seems to know!)

Asked by Renee Burnett

Driving Lake Shore Drive & I noticed the water level for Lake Michigan seems high. Dangerous? Highest ever? Issue for breakwall worker...

Asked by Jim

O'Hare's consolidated rental car center opens next year. What happens to the huge swaths of surface rental car lots nearby when it opens?

Asked by Al Hannah

Who determines the placement of street signs? Are we visitor friendly? Pedestrian friendly?

Asked by Beth Lange

Why is LaSalle St in the Loop two-way? Michigan Ave and Wacker Dr are also two-way, but they are strictly speaking, outside the Loop.

Asked by Skip Montanaro

I live in the Avondale neighborhood and everyday see a smoke stack that says (B) Elmont Laundry. I notice there are simlar structures aroun...

Asked by Kerry Smith

Why does Chicago have so many parks? Why are so many neighborhoods named after the local parks?

Asked by Rohit Agarwal

What's the story behind our industrial "neighborhoods"? Printer's Row, the strip of what used to be shoe factories in the loop, etc.

Asked by G. Hollander

Where are the cell towers in Chicago, especially near downtown? Are there special towers in high traffic areas like the loop?

Asked by Charles Lucke

How is there so much traffic...at all times of day? I get that it's a big population, but that many people can't be NOT AT WORK?!?!

Asked by Alex Actipis

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