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Pickup driver who killed male pedestrian, 72, at Roosevelt/DLSD cited for failure to exercise due care

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At Public Transit Listening Session, People’s Lobby says we shouldn’t miss this opportunity to upgrade transit, not just bridge the fiscal cliff

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Mapped: Here’s how to bike around the Kinzie to Chicago Ave. closure of the Milwaukee Avenue “Hipster Highway”

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Dystopia or Utopia? Chicagoland transit officials discuss worst and best possible outcomes as we approach state funding deadline

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Uptown funk? Some drivers are bummed about CDOT’s proposal to convert parking to PBLs on Clark N. of Montrose. They shouldn’t worry.

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A close, controversial Council vote to borrow $830M for infrastructure: Should safe streets advocates have a glass-half-full POV?

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The CTA reveals the final plans for the path and public space under the new Red and Purple tracks. Will it have safe street crossings?