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Ride Riverside is a cycling and livable streets organization in the eponymous near-western suburb. In 2024, the group hosted nine family-friendly social rides that drew as many as 100 participants. That's roughly one percent of the village's population of 9,298.

• Congress for the New Urbanism looks at Better Streets Chicago's efforts to transform DLSD from an expressway into a boulevard

The Wellington Avenue Neighborhood Greenway is a relatively anodyne project that will have little impact on drivers. But at last week's community meeting, some motorists raised a fuss.

• More coverage of the Save Transit Rally (ATA, Block Club, CBS, NBC, Fight Back! News)

Public transit riders, workers, and advocates showed up in force for Saturday's Save Transit Rally at Daley Plaza, calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill to address Chicagoland's looming $771 million transit fiscal cliff. They demanded a special legislative session in Springfield this summer to prevent a projected 40 percent cut in service and some 3,000 layoffs, similar to what's currently happening in Philadelphia.

• State Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) launched a survey to get your POV on the $771M transit fiscal cliff

By Ben Wolfenstein

• "Developers reveal new 'scaled down' plan for Lincoln Yards site" (Crain's)