A listener asked us why more Chicago drivers don’t stop at crosswalks. Getting to the bottom of it led us to an experiment about what’s more effective: tough laws or a combo of wagging fingers, …
In a word, yes. How many? That’s not so easy to answer.
This question from Mike Cunningham won our third Curious City voting round: “What are the rules around the reversible lanes on the Kennedy Expressway? Has the idea worked?” We’ll have updates as our …
How does a pastry trend take off?
Within a week of Curious City’s launch, we received about 50 questions. The next week, that number almost doubled. Take a look inside the project’s inner workings.
Curious City gets to the ‘Yes,’ ‘Maybe,’ and ‘Well, sort of’ at the bottom of listener Katie Conrad’s question. After all of our cold-calling, cajoling and suburban spelunking, the question remains.
WBEZ’s Curious City is an experimental project and part of the national Localore initiative. Among our goals is to make the journalistic process more democratic and transparent. In that same vein, …
Curious City is a news-gathering experiment designed to satisfy your curiosities. You ask your questions about Chicago, the region and the people who live here, vote for your favorites, and together …
