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A Tale of Two News Outlets, Part One: Dickens drama as NBC runs a NIMBY-friendly TV report about the greenway
NBC and the Tribune demonstrate the wrong and right ways to report on a controversial bike lane project like the Dickens Greenway.
January 18, 2024
Hit-and-run driver killed Vesmo Bernard Hanks, Jr., 25, who was reportedly fleeing a police stop on foot in Austin
Altogether, drivers fatally struck 30 pedestrians on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 12
January 12, 2024
Driver struck and killed Samantha Marie Hutcherson, 25, on December 28 in Washington Heights
Hutcherson was the 29th person struck and killed while walking on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 12, 2024
At Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee hearing, CDOT reports that bike infra construction, encouragement is shifting into high gear
Bike and pedestrian program czar Dave Smith discussed the agency’s strategy for improving bikeways and encouraging more people to ride.
January 11, 2024
Thar he blows! Ed Fitzpatrick goes public with his obsession with killing the Dickens Greenway, assisted by Inside Publications
A new article from the car-centric newspaper chain, featuring Fitzpatrick griping about the bikeway, falsely claims the project was paid for with "Chicago taxpayer funds" due to a "bait and switch."
January 10, 2024
