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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Visitors to the Frances Willard House Museum speak with museum staff. On Sunday, the museum hosted an open house to commemorate the social leader’s 180th birthday.

Willard House Museum celebrates visionary leader’s 180th birthday with open house

September 29, 2019

The Frances Willard House Museum commemorated the social reformer’s 180th birthday Sunday with an open house, where it showcased a selection of some of its thousands of original artifacts. The museum...

A man rides his bike in a buffered bike lane. The city has introduced several new programs, such as the “Let’s Roll Together” campaign, to encourage safe biking.

Evanston promotes bike safety to reduce accidents, tickets

May 29, 2015

As the temperature heats up and bike season approaches, Evanston officials are stressing cycling education to reduce the number of bike-related tickets and accidents. The city has dedicated this month...

Walk 'n' Roll organizer Natalie Watson discusses the group's upcoming Shared Streets event, which will block of portions of Dempster Street for a day to promote biking and walking. Evanston residents gathered at the Evanston Public Library Tuesday to discuss Walk 'n' Roll and other initiatives to encourage alternative forms of transportation.

Evanston residents discuss Shared Streets initiative, bike safety at meeting

April 30, 2013

Dempster Street will be gridlocked this fall — and not because of cars. Instead, Dempster will only be open to pedestrians and cyclists Sept. 1 during the city’s first Shared Streets event. The...

Evanston resident Nancy Floy (left) watches a cyclist veer into traffic to avoid hitting Floy’s car, which was parked in a bike lane Sunday. Floy complained that the new lane made it harder for her to park illegally and said she worried that doors of cars parked legally would pose a danger to cyclists.

Evanston named Bicycle Friendly Community

October 28, 2012

Five months after completing construction on a new protected bike lane on Church Street, Evanston was named a "Bicycle Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists. The city formally...

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