Politico Tabs Evanston as "The Suburb That Killed the Car"

Politico Magazine recently featured the city of Evanston and its move toward active transportation.

The national publication released the article “The Suburb That Killed the Car” last week, telling the story of how Evanston reinvented itself as a mini city as part of the publication’s ‘What Works’ feature.

“Downtown Evanston—a sturdy, tree-lined Victorian city wedged neatly between Lake Michigan and Chicago’s northern border—is missing cars...Thanks to concerted planning, these new developments are rising within a 10-minute walk of two rail lines and half-a-dozen bus routes. The local automobile ownership rate is nearly half that of the surrounding area.”

The magazine pointed out other nearby municipalities, including Chicago, have taken the city’s idea of active transportation and implement it there.

“As it turns out, what looks like normal urban gentrification actually marks the success of one of the most revolutionary suburbs in America,” the article states. “And its approach to development is fast becoming a model across the region—a model even embraced by its urban neighbor to the south, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.”

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