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Chicago Transportation Infrastructure and Politics Got Their Close-up in “Widows”
Former alderman Bob Fioretti discusses how his experience getting burned by the last ward remap plays into the plot of the film.
May 23, 2019
Mayoral Candidates Discuss Congestion Pricing, Parking, Bike Ticketing and More
Other topics in our questionnaire included Vision Zero, raising the gas tax, eliminating parking minimums, affordable TOD, speeding up buses, and shared-mobility services.
February 23, 2019
John Discusses Active Trans’ Candidates Survey on WBEZ’s Morning Shift
This morning I pedaled down the Lakefront Trail to WBEZ's studios at the end of Navy Pier to talk with "Morning Shift" host Tony Sarabia about a questionnaire the Active Transportation Alliance sent to all of the mayoral and aldermanic candidates. Listen to the full recording of our on-air conversation here.
February 11, 2015
Why the Tribune’s Red Light Camera Story Is Garbage Journalism
In a huge front-page story Friday, the Chicago Tribune published yet another installment in its long-running vendetta against the city's photographic traffic enforcement program. Because the Trib chose to obscure key information about the severity of crashes, the story is worthless as an evaluation of the city's red light camera program.
December 22, 2014
Talking Transportation With Alderman Bob Fioretti
[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John Greenfield's column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Wednesday evenings.]
June 24, 2013