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Alderperson Daniel La Spata recently hosted a bike tour of the 1st Ward to highlighting some of the bike lane projects his office has worked on during his first term.

Rankings are tabulated through a blend of federally-available data on ridership, fatalities, and spending on biking and walking per capita, and extensive surveys of state DOTs.

Metra’s proposal to discontinue systemwide day passes, three-zone day passes, and a $100 systemwide Super Saver Monthly Pass in favor of zone-based single-day and monthly passes faced such as strong backslash during the October 12 meeting of the Metra Board of Directors that the press release announcing the proposed new budget framed it as just one of many possibilities.

Attendees demanded more reliable bus and train service, more accurate Transit Tracker arrival times, and better conditions for CTA workers.

Ray was the 23rd pedestrian killed on Chicago streets so far this year.

Seven people were injured in the collision, and at least one of the pedestrians at the bus stop lost a limb.

Whether or it turns out that this tragedy was related to drag racing, clearly there should have serious consequences for the killer, but so far he has merely received traffic tickets.

Sadly, it's very common for reckless and negligent Chicago drivers to take the lives of vulnerable road users, and only be punished with traffic citations.

While blocking this development would probably do more harm than good, Chicago absolutely needs to do more to fight displacement.