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Chicago Policy

Google is taking over the Thompson Center. What does that mean for transit access?

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Bicycling

Traffic safety advocates helped defeat ordinance to allow deadly speeds near parks and schools

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Public comment: Why alders should vote no on the ordinance to allow 9 mph speeding

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CDOT releases more details on the “Bike Chicago” free bicycle program

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ProPublica gives ammunition to alders who want to let motorists drive at deadly speeds

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What can we learn from the tragic bike-pedestrian crash that injured Meilani Francis?

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Driving

Hit-and-run Jeep driver killed man walking in Little Village early in the morning on July 4

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Chicago Suburbs

What it was like riding Metra the day the U.S. gun violence epidemic reached Highland Park

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A witness discusses how a negligent postal worker killed Joshua Avina, 15, on his bike

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Equity-focused Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting takes place at inequitable time of day

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