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At last week's Mayor's Pedestrian Advisory Council meeting, city officials discussed other details of the upcoming scooter pilot.

Uber claims letting Lyft have a monopoly on bike-share leaves its $450 million counter-offer on the table, but Chicago would only get that money if Uber got the monopoly.

The gala honored honored local nonprofits, businesses and people that have made a significant impact on biking, walking and transit in the region.

A CDOT rep says that the department's goal of getting the project in Chicago's regional plan is merely to facilitate the environmental review process.

It just goes to show, if you want to keep your local bikeway in good shape, it can't hurt to set up a Twitter account for it. In recent years folks have been tweeting on behalf of the Dearborn, Clinton, and Halsted bike lanes, drawing attention to issues such as illegal parking and poor snow clearance.

CDOT explains when and how they plow protected lane, and what you should do when you encounter blockages.

While the system still lost money on operations, it still turned a $3.37 million profit for the city overall thanks to station ad revenue and Blue Cross Blue Shield sponsorship money.

An email exchange between CDOT and the bike and station manufacturer indicates the theft problem was caused by the short-sighted decision to remove a key part from the docks.

When I first saw the design for the new Green Line station at Damen Avenue on the Lake Street branch, I became worried that the station didn't have an entrance providing access to the westbound platform. Several of the other stations on the branch to city's West Side and Oak Park have entrances on both sides: Ashland, Morgan, and Conservatory-Central Park Drive, to name a few.