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Safety Officials to Cities: Stop Buying Such Huge Trucks
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Some strategies to make large vehicles safer in urban environments and save lives.
Traditional Bike Messengers Want the Same Building Access Rights as Food Couriers
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Cyclists who deliver envelopes and blueprints say they shouldn't be singled out by being forced to enter buildings through loading docks and leave their bags with security.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 10
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$600M Jane Byrne Interchange Will Take Another 4 Years (Tribune) Durbin, Duckworth Announce $22M Grant for Springfield Rail Improvement Project What If We Used Special Service Areas to Fund Transit? (Crain’s) City Cracks Down on Noncompliant Party Bus Operators (Sun-Times) Most Respondents to City Survey Say They Prefer DoBi to Docked Bike-Share (Tribune) There’s Still […]
Study: The 606 Shows the Downside of Having Parks Nonprofits Lead Infra Projects
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The authors argued that groups like the Trust for Public Land, which managed Bloomingdale Trail development, tend to overlook potential impacts on housing affordability.
Lipstick on a Pig: An Arty “Kinetic” Facade Won’t Redeem a Too-Large Garage
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Even with an interesting aesthetic treatment, a garage that will bring hundreds of cars to an already traffic-choked neighborhood will be a blight on the community.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 7
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City Nears Takeover of Rail Line to Create New Transit Route by Lincoln Yards (Tribune) Pilsen, Little Village Affordability Plan Moves Forward in City Council (Tribune) Kenneth Baetzel, 69, Killed in Bedford Park Crash (Sun-Times) Driver Pleads Guilty to St. Charles Township Crash That Killed Passenger (Sun-Times) Man, 27, Shot in the Jackson Transfer Tunnel […]