John Greenfield
John Greenfield became Streetsblog's Chicago editor after covering transportation for GridChicago.com, Time Out, Newcity and other publications. He lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood.
greenfieldjohn@hotmail.com
Posts by John
2013
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May 23:
Today’s Headlines
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May 22:
Enforcement Events Educate Drivers and Cyclists – If They’re Done Right
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May 22:
Today’s Headlines
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May 21:
Driver Strikes, Kills Cyclist From Behind on Speedway Between Cemeteries
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May 21:
Today’s Headlines
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May 20:
Train in Vain: An Attempt to Win the ‘L’ Racing Crown Before the Red Rehab
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May 20:
Today’s Headlines
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May 17:
The Ride of Silence Honors Cyclists Killed and Injured by Motorists
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May 17:
Today’s Headlines
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May 16:
Revolution Finally Gets Bike Corral; CDOT Working to Streamline Process
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May 16:
Dooring Survivor Dustin Valenta Responds to John Kass
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May 16:
Today’s Headlines
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May 15:
Today’s Headlines
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May 14:
Final Design for Berteau Greenway Released; Construction Slated for June
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May 14:
Today’s Headlines
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May 13:
Are Helmets Still Necessary for Bike Commuting in Chicago?
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May 13:
Today’s Headlines
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May 10:
Chicagoans Gave Big Support to Ped/Bike Projects in PB Elections
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May 10:
Today’s Headlines
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May 09:
Active Trans: New Bike Safety Ordinance Good for Cyclists
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May 09:
Today’s Headlines
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May 08:
See you Tonight at Streetsblog’s Reader Meetup at Haymarket Brewing
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May 08:
Today’s Headlines
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May 07:
Meet Logan Square Driver, the Steven Colbert of the Safe Streets Movement
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May 07:
Today’s Headlines
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May 06:
CLOCC Work: Fighting Childhood Obesity With Safer Streets
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May 06:
Today’s Headlines
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May 03:
Street Repairs Make It on 5th Ward PB Ballot; CTA and Bike Projects Don’t
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May 03:
Today’s Headlines
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May 02:
Join Us for a Streetsblog Reader Meetup Next Wednesday at Haymarket
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May 02:
Today’s Headlines
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May 01:
CDOT Unveils Bold Vision for Milwaukee Bike Lanes; Drivers Grouse
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May 01:
Donate to Streetsblog Chicago and You Could Win a Dahon Folding Bike
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May 01:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 30:
CDOT Discusses Plans for Buffered and Protected Lanes on Milwaukee Tonight
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Apr 30:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 29:
Renegotiated Parking Meter Deal Is a Mixed Blessing
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Apr 29:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 26:
Andrew Prather, 26, Intentionally Run Over in Princeton Park
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Apr 26:
Not Lovin’ It: Chainlinkers Panic About End of Free Parking at Bike Station
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Apr 26:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 25:
Chicago Gets Ready to “Divvy” Up the Rewards of Large-Scale Bike-Share
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Apr 25:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 24:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 23:
Despite What State Rep Says, School Zone Bill Is About Safety, Not Money
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Apr 23:
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Apr 22:
Can Transportation Options Energize Englewood?
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Apr 22:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 19:
CTA Officials Share Details of the Plan for Gold-Standard BRT on Ashland
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Apr 19:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 18:
Cabbie Who Killed Eric Kerestes Seriously Injured Man in 1998, Still Driving
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Apr 18:
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Apr 17:
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust as a Way to Fund Big Public Projects
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Apr 17:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 16:
Basketball Recruiter Killed in Hit-and-Run on Speeding-Plagued Division
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Apr 16:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 15:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 13:
Streetsblog’s Irreverent Guide to Chicago Planning Highlights and Lowlights
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Apr 12:
Hairston Excludes Sustainable Transportation Items From Budgeting Election
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Apr 12:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 11:
CDOT’s New Complete Streets Guidelines Put People First, Not Cars
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Apr 11:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 10:
New Grant Will Help Chicago Spread the Word About the Benefits of BRT
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Apr 10:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 09:
45th Ward Residents Can Vote for Ped, Bike and Transit Improvements
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Apr 09:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 08:
Elevating the Conversation: Raised Bike Lanes Are Coming to Chicago
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Apr 08:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 05:
Best. CDOT. Press. Release. Ever. “Potholepalooza” Rocks.
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Apr 05:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 04:
46th Ward Residents Can Vote for a Bike Boulevard on Leland
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Apr 04:
Andersonville to Get New Parklet by the Coffee Studio, Plus Bike Corrals
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Apr 04:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 03:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 02:
Dustin Valenta’s Lawyer Pressures Police to Identify Hit-and-Run Driver
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Apr 02:
Today’s Headlines
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Apr 01:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 29:
Loyola Proposes Building a “People Street” on Kenmore Avenue
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Mar 29:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 28:
LaHood Says Chicago Riverwalk Financing Is “A Done Deal”
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Mar 28:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 27:
Show Your Support for Sustainable Transportation Projects in Four Wards
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Mar 27:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 26:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 25:
Picturing Safer Streets: The Better Blocks Initiative
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Mar 25:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 22:
Fatality Tracker: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Woman, 58, in Brighton Park
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Mar 22:
Hi-Tech Hitchhiking: The SideCar Ride Sharing App Debuts in Chicago
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Mar 22:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 21:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 20:
Breakthrough in Search for Hit-and-Run Driver, No Thanks to Police
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Mar 20:
How to Create Protected Bike Lanes That Confident Cyclists Will Enjoy Riding
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Mar 20:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 19:
Fixing the Problem: Tiny Fix Runs an Anti-Crime Guide for Female Cyclists
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Mar 19:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 18:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 15:
It’s Official: It’s Legal to Ride Outside of Protected Bike Lanes
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Mar 15:
Highlights From the March Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting
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Mar 15:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 14:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 13:
CDOT Reorganizes With an Increased Focus on Complete Streets
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Mar 13:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 12:
Taking the Guesswork Out of Rating BRT: An Interview With Walter Hook
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Mar 12:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 11:
Why Was the State Street Pedestrian Mall a “Failure”?
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Mar 11:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 08:
Why Chicago Is Lagging Behind Other Cities on Bike Parking Corrals
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Mar 08:
See You at the Chicago Bike Swap Tomorrow
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Mar 08:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 07:
Bike Parking Revolution: Brewpub to Get Chicago’s Fifth On-Street Corral
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Mar 07:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 06:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 05:
CDOT Considers Bold Steps to Make Room for Protected Lanes on Milwaukee
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Mar 05:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 04:
It’s Up to Chicago to Set a Bold New Standard for American BRT
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Mar 04:
Today’s Headlines
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Mar 01:
Driver Who Doored Valenta Cited With Failure to Yield to a Horseback Rider
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Mar 01:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 28:
Actually, Paying Taxes Does Not Guarantee Parking in Front of Your Home
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Feb 28:
Drunk Driver Crashes Car at 142 MPH, Gets Slap On the Wrist
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Feb 28:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 27:
Confused Walter Jacobson Worries BRT “Bike Plan” Will Create Gridlock
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Feb 27:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 26:
Metra to Potential Customers: Come On and Take a Free Ride
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Feb 26:
Will CDOT and CTA Launch “True BRT” on the Central Loop Corridor?
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Feb 26:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 25:
Empowering People With Bikes, From Southern Africa to the South Side
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Feb 25:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 22:
Cops’ Failure to Report Valenta Crash Delays Search for Hit-And-Run Driver
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Feb 22:
PlayStreets Creates Safe Public Space for Car-Free Recreation
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Feb 22:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 21:
Truck That Hit-and-Run Dustin Valenta Shows Up on Security Footage
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Feb 21:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 20:
CTA and CDOT Unveil Proposed Designs for Central Loop BRT Corridor
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Feb 20:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 19:
A Quick Update on the Bike Bridge Berny Blocked
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Feb 19:
Fatality Tracker: Drunk Driver Kills 1 Ped and Injures 2 in Cragin
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Feb 19:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 15:
Eboni Hawkins Joins Bike League’s New Equity Advisory Council
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Feb 15:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 14:
LaHood Suggests Chicago Riverwalk Financing Will Be Approved Soon
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Feb 14:
Cyclist Doored, Then Struck; Hit-and-Run Driver Still at Large
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Feb 14:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 13:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 12:
CDOT Looks Back at Chicago’s Bikeway Progress in 2012
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Feb 12:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 11:
A Denver Omelet of Transportation Options
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Feb 11:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 08:
CTA: Some Local Bus Service Would Be Maintained on BRT Routes
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Feb 08:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 07:
Maximizing the Chicago Riverwalk’s Role as a Transportation Route
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Feb 07:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 06:
Station to Station: Architecture Foundation to Hold BRT Design Contest
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Feb 06:
Silver Linings Playbook: Rahm Touts Red Line Shutdown Jobs
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Feb 06:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 05:
The Fullerton Rehab May Slow LSD Buses, Not Just Peds and Bikes
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Feb 05:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 04:
Will Andersonville Get Chicago’s Next Great Pedestrian Plaza?
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Feb 04:
Today’s Headlines
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Feb 01:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 31:
Andersonville Development Corp on Bus Rapid Transit: Yes Please!
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Jan 31:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 30:
Rahm: BRT Gives You a Strategic Advantage in Creating Jobs
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Jan 30:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 29:
Fatality Tracker: Chicago Pedestrian, Bike and Transit Deaths in January
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Jan 29:
WBEZ Reports CTA/CDOT Have Chosen Center-Running BRT on Ashland
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Jan 29:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 28:
A Mistake By the Lake? Developer Wants a 250-Car Garage in Rogers Park
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Jan 28:
Confused DNA Article on BRT Highlights Need to Pick Preferred Option ASAP
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Jan 28:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 25:
Business Owners Fail to See the Value of BRT
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Jan 25:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 24:
City of Chicago Finally Takes Possession of the Bloomingdale
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Jan 24:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 23:
Branching Out: The North Branch Trail to Extend Further South, East
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Jan 23:
Help Us Celebrate the Launch of Streetsblog Chicago This Thursday
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Jan 23:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 22:
Growing Power Looking to Add Bike Component to Urban Farming Program
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Jan 22:
Today’s Headlines
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Jan 22:
Over a Barrel: Why is City Hall Barring Pedal Pub From Operating?
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Jan 22:
More from Marge: Alderman Laurino Talks Trails, Bike Sharing