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Bicycling

Chicago Auto Show producers sponsor contest that produces awful victim-blaming PSAs

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Beyond Chicagoland

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.

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New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving

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BMW driver fatally struck Gerardo Marciales, 41, as he crossed DLSD on a Divvy bike

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Closed underpasses, and opening minds about a radical redesign of DuSable LSD

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50 groups ask Pritzker to focus federal funding on sustainable, equitable transportation

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We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off

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Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year

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Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes

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Skokie’s Crawford bike lanes, passing by 5-lane intersections, won’t be low-stress