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The Curb app allows you to summon a cab like an Uber or Lyft.

The Curb App Lets You Flag a Cab With the Ease of a Ride-Hailing Trip

By James Porter | Apr 9, 2018 | 16 Comments

If you appreciate the convenience of using ride-share occasionally, but don't like what the technology is doing to the taxi industry, the Curb app offers an alternative to Uber and Lyft.

A soil-testing rig spotted last week at the Mega Mall site. Photo: AJ LaTrace

Parking-Heavy Logan Square Mega Mall Redevelopment May Start Construction Soon

By AJ LaTrace | Feb 26, 2018 | 6 Comments

Alderman Waguespack, LSNA are pushing for family-friendly affordable housing units.

The clock tower of the Gerber Building has been restored to its Roaring Twenties-era glory. Photo: John Greenfield

Gerber, Baby! Restoration of the 1923 Gerber Building Marks the end of the Wilson Rehab

By John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2018 | 16 Comments

With the recent restoration of the building's clock tower, the city calls the $203 million Wilson station rzenovation a success.

Halted Street in Boystown. Image: Google Street View

The Boystown Parking Ban Raises Issues of Race and Class

By Michael Podgers | Feb 2, 2018 | 17 Comments

Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.

Option 4 "The Bend" scenario would implement two-way traffic around Logan Square and reconfigure Kedzie to create a new plaza. Image: CDOT

Residents Weigh in on CDOT’s Latest Logan Square Designs

By Jacob Peters | Jan 31, 2018 | 29 Comments

The city’s project to redesign Milwaukee Avenue from Logan Boulevard to Belmont has primarily focused on the complicated issues that surround the six-way intersection and traffic circle at Milwaukee, Logan, and Kedzie, the namesake of the Logan Square neighborhood. Last night’s hearing on the initiative was similarly focused on the juction, as five of the […]

The Naperville shuttle will travel between a local church and various Loop stops. Image: Google Maps

A Tale of Two Shuttles: New Commuter Routes Planned for Oak Brook and Naperville

By John Greenfield | Jan 25, 2018 | 4 Comments

One shuttle will take Chicagoans from Hinsdale or Elmhurst to Oak Brook job centers. The other will squire Napervillians to their Loop offices.

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