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By
Steven Vance
9:40 AM CST on January 17, 2014
- Metra Gets Funding for Positive Train Control in Bill on Obama’s Desk (Crain’s)
- 32nd Ward Anti-BRT Alderman Waguespack to Participate in “Ask Me Anything” From 1-3 P.M. (Reddit)
- Canaryville Residents Ask for Divvy at Eight Locations (DNA)
- Law Firm Tries Scare Press Release Painting Divvy as Dangerous (Digital Journal)
- Driver Denies Causing Bicyclist Crash Caught on Dashcam Video (My Bike Advocate)
- Reginald Green, 29, Gets DUI in Yesterday’s Ashland/Chicago Crash That Hurt Seven (CBS)
- Outside Prosecutor Brought In to Try CBS 2 Reporter With DUI (Beacon)
- Columnist Quizzes Motorists on Lawful Way to Turn Left at Intersections (Tribune)
- City Publishes Interactive Map Showing Recently Fixed Potholes (DNA)
- Play Reenacating CTA Riders’ Experience to Have 100th Saturday Showing (RedEye)
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Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.
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