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Vance: Contact &amp; Donate

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Technology

Why the States With the Worst Distracted Driving Laws Have the Least Distracted Driving

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Crash Reports

Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines

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Bicycling

Visualizing how current Chicago infrastructure fails people walking and biking

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes about transportation and other topics for additional local publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

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Chicago Policy

Despite a 400% fleet increase, total scooter use dropped in this year’s pilot

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Lime Says 65,124 Miles Were Ridden on Their Scooters in Chicago Since June 15

Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

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Bus Transit

The Most Common Chicago Ride-Hailing Trip Is a 1-Mile Hop From River North to the Loop

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Today's Headlines

Emanuel: Chicago Is Now the First U.S. City to Publish Detailed Ride-Hailing Data

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How Bike Lane Uprising Is Helping to Document Chicago’s Blocked Bikeway Problem

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Beyond Chicagoland

IDOT Finally Releases Its 2015 Chicago Crash Data

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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