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By Steven Vance

9:35 AM CDT on July 22, 2014

Patchwork of Laws Has Made Bicycling on Sidewalk Habitual (Chicago Mag)
…But Chicago Sidewalks Are Not For Bike Riding (Chicago Now)
…Even Though Chicago Made Some Sidewalk Bicycling Legal Last Year (Illinois Bike Lawyer)
Curious City: Why There Are So Many Amish at Union Station (WBEZ)
Elderly Woman Delays CTA Bus For 7 Minutes While Searching for Fare (Tribune)
Increasing Traffic Congestion Cited As Reason for Bike Commute Growth (Medill)
11-Year-Old Among 5 Dead in Two Crashes On I-55 (Tribune)
Brown Line Slow Zones Persist, So Switch To Red Line (RedEye)
Emanuel, Council Call on City Inspector To Investigate Red Light Camera Tickets (Tribune)
Cabbies Want To Raise Mileage and Waiting Fares To Prevent “Service Deterioration” (Sun-Times)

Read about today’s national news at Streetsblog USA.

Steven Vance

Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

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