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What’s Needed to Take Chicago Cycling to the Next Level?
The "Bike Talk" panel discussion covered everything from the history of bicycling in our city, to what it will take to make bikes accessible to all residents.
August 22, 2017
Let’s Stop Booking Majority-White Panels on Citywide Transportation Issues
If you can't find anyone to sit on your panels who isn’t white, you need to reevaluate what your year-round connections to communities of color look like.
August 18, 2017
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust as a Way to Fund Big Public Projects
In conjunction with this week’s American Planning Association conference, which brought 5,000 urban planners to Chicago, last night the Chicago Architecture Foundation hosted the roundtable “No Small Plans: The Chicago Infrastructure Trust.” Approved by City Council in April 2012, the trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise capital from private investors for large-scale public works projects that might be too expensive to be paid for by public funds. It has a five-member board of directors appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
April 17, 2013