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Bicycling

Alderperson LaSpata provides an update on efforts to improve bike lane enforcement

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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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Apple Maps street view of one side of the Kedzie-Belmont intersection showing the lack of room for cycling and deplorable sidewalk conditions.

New bike lane plan for Belmont and Kedzie still falls short

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Video shows CPD officers confronting, striking teen on bike and fleeing the scene

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Beyond Chicagoland

A report from abroad: Barcelona transforms transportation—What it means for Chicago

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Connected Communities equitable TOD ordinance headed to zoning committee

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

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CDOT and Divvy will hold adaptive cycling sessions to make bike-share more inclusive

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