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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)
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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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