Sponsored by:
• Crain's picks up Nik Hunder's op-ed on speeding bus service, previously run on Streetsblog
• "[Our state's] underappreciated strengths should have us at the forefront of economic activity. We need a 21st century Burnham Plan for Illinois." (Crain's)
• "Thieves target ticket machines at Van Buren Street Metra station in downtown Chicago" (CBS)
• "Hop on the CTA and Bear Down on 2026." But what if you could take a Metra train directly from Union Station to Soldier Field?
• "Need Your Sidewalk Fixed? Applications Open Monday Only For City’s 'Shared Cost' Program" (Block Club)
• "44-Unit Affordable Housing Development Pitched For Vacant Humboldt Park Lot" (Block Club)
• University of Illinois Press releases "A History of Bicycling in Illinois" and "Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion"
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– John Greenfield, editor
