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Eliminating the financial burden of car ownership should be part of Lightfoot’s war on poverty
Making transit, walking, and biking, safer and more convenient would help residents keep more money in their pockets for savings or to stimulate the local economy.
March 3, 2020
Driver killed man, 61, biking on Lake Street, near site where cyclist was killed in September
The victim was the first Chicago bike fatality of 2020.
March 2, 2020
House passage of McSweeney’s RLC ban takes Illinois a step closer to more traffic deaths
If lawmakers prohibit RLCs in many suburban municipalities, let alone in Chicago as well, more Illinois will be seriously injured and killed in crashes.
February 27, 2020
Can Chicago Become a 15 Minute City?
What if every Chicagoan lived within a 15-minute walk or bike ride of grocery stores, parks, cafes, sports facilities, health centers, and workplaces?
February 25, 2020
Elderly driver killed country singer Lindsey Lagestee, 25, in Mount Greenwood
Lagestee, who sang for the band Dixie Crush, was on her way to a Valentine's Day performance when the driver killed her.
February 24, 2020
Let’s modernize Chicago transportation with old-school technology
Tech gurus like Elon Musk say we "electric sleds," car tunnels, autonomous vehicles, and Hyperloop tubes will save America's cities from gridlock. What we really need is more trains, buses, and bikes.
February 20, 2020
Seattle decreased solo driving commutes, and Chicago can too
Thanks to transportation progressive policies, the number of commuters driving solo in the Seattle region dropped from 53 percent in 2010 to 44 percent in 2018. Chicago should learn from that example.
February 20, 2020
Lightfoot’s crackdown on bus and bike lane violations is a step in the right direction
A new ordinance would allow parking aides to photo violations of bus and bike lanes and mail the tickets, even scofflaws try to escape the fine by driving away.
February 19, 2020
Christopher T. Davis, 19, killed after Metra/car collision at crash-prone intersection
There were four train-motor vehicle crashes at the 87th/Pulaski Metra crossing over the past eight years, including a 2015 collision that killed two motorists.
February 18, 2020
Chicago saw a 20% drop in traffic deaths in 2019, but little decrease in ped fatalities
So far three pedestrians have been killed on Chicago streets in 2020.
February 13, 2020
