The Chicago Department of Transportation keeps the city’s public way safe, sustainable and in good repair to provide quality transportation options for everyone
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ALT the old west leaf old the Lake Street Bridge is floated down the Chicago River. Other Bridges are in the lifted position to let the span pass.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson & CDOT Improve Traffic Safety for Students and Families at Schools Across Chicago. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, in a bike helmet on a Chicago Cubs Divvy bike, waves at the camera while riding a bike surrounded by children and parents riding bikes on the way to school in North Center.
ALT 2. Text: Mayor Johnson’s School Zone Program makes streets around schools safer with infrastructure designed to protect students and families on their way to class, with improvements like curb extensions, pedestrian refuge islands, and raised crosswalks. Image: A Safe Passage worker, in a yellow vest, helps a Black elementary school student cross the street to school in Englewood, with cars in the background.
ALT 3. Text: These investments build on citywide progress in traffic safety under Mayor Johnson, with traffic fatalities in Chicago declining 35% from their 2021 peak, beating national trends. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson high fives a young elementary school student outside Hamilton in North Center, surrounded by other excited elementary school students.
ALT 4. Text: The School Zone Program is one part of the Mayor Johnson’s broader investment in safer streets around schools, parks, transit, commercial corridors and other neighborhood destinations. In 2026 alone, the Program has improved streets around: Edison Regional Gifted Academy, Englewood STEM High School, Hefferan Elementary, Hibbard Elementary, Hubbard High School, Johnson College Prep, Mays Elementary, Parker Community Academy, Senn High School, Sizemore Academy, St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Urban Prep Academy. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers remarks outside Mays Academy in Englewood, whose sign says 'Welcome Mayor Brandon Johnson"
ALT Students and families ride their bikes in a large group down a neighborhood street
ALT Students cross the street in front a school crossing guard
ALT City and school leaders pose for a photo in front of Mays Elementary School where pedestrian safety improvements were recently completed
ALT Mayor Johnson, students, and families bike down a neighborhood street
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson & CTA to Install Dedicated Bus Lane on Michigan Avenue to Reduce Delays in the Loop. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson laughs while riding a CTA bus alongside (not pictured) CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen and CTA Bus Driver Rance Austin on the South Side.
ALT 2. Text: The new, nearly 1.5-mile northbound bus lane between Roosevelt Road and Wacker Drive will help reduce delays for 22,000 daily CTA riders and keep buses moving along this key downtown route. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson shakes hands with a Black woman and other CTA bus riders while exiting a CTA bus in Bronzeville.
ALT photo of crew patching a pothole with graphic overlay that say: 315,000+ potholes patched this year
ALT Crews filling potholes with graphic overlay that says: 5,590+ potholes filled in Saturday's repair blitz
ALT Photo of paving roller with graphic that says 100+ miles of streets resurfaced this year, and counting
ALT City and State leaders participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking, posing with shovels and dirt in front of Hollywood/Ridge/Wayne intersection.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson & Lyft Announce Divvy’s Busiest Summer Ever as Biking Keeps Booming in Chicago. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson waves at other bikers while riding his bicycle at Bike the Drive alongside other staff on bikes, including Divvy bikes.
ALT 2. Text: Amid Mayor Johnson’s investments in safer bike infrastructure, riders have taken more than 3.5 million Divvy trips since June 1, including over one million trips in both July and August — the system’s first million-trip months. Image: A woman, in a helmet, rides her bicycle along Lake Shore Drive during Bike the Drive.
ALT "3. Text: Chicago continues to expand and improve Divvy and the City’s bike network, which now spans more than 500 miles of on-street bikeways and trails. Since Mayor Johnson took office, the City has delivered more than 125 miles of new and upgraded bikeways—more than under any previous mayoral term. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, in a helmet, rides a blue Divvy bike down a protected bike lane on Milwaukee Avenue."
ALT "4. Text: Mayor Johnson is making Divvy and biking more accessible by building more protected bike lanes, expanding Divvy for Everyone, and distributing 5,000 free bikes through CDOT. Learn more at Chicago.gov/Divvy. Image: A large crowd of cyclists ride down Lake Shore Drive in the early morning for Bike the Drive, with the Field Museum in the background."
ALT Five Big Jump participants jump into the river from the riverwalk including DOE commissioner Angela Tovar on the left. They are wearing swimwear and holding orange floatation devices. Kayakers and onlookers are in the background, with a bridge and tall buildings visible. A person in the foreground holds a sign that reads "Wave 1".
ALT View of the Chicago River scene in downtown Chicago with a view of the Chicago Riverwalk. There are several colorful kayaks and boats on the river, and people are gathered on the riverwalk watching the event. Tall modern and historic buildings line the riverbank, including the distinct Marina City towers on the left. A bridge spans the river in the background.
ALT Five Big Jump participants including DOE Commissioner Angela Tovar are gathered at an outdoor event wearing matching grey robes over their swimwear and holding orange swim buoys. They are standing in front of the event venue with umbrellas and onlookers in the background.
ALT An array of medals lies across a table. The medals display an image of a swimmer jumping into the water, with a bridge in the background, and say, "The Big Jump."