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Dozens rally for Broadway Upzoning, which would make it easier to build housing, including many affordable units, near Red Line

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Neighborhood Greenways

Eyes on the Street: The basically completed Granville Greenway has likely reduced car traffic, increased sustainable transportation use

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Red and Purple Modernization

Eyes on the street: Four new Red Line stations are ready for their closeups

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Transit-Oriented Development

How are the proposed ordinances for upzoning Broadway, to allow more transit-friendly affordable housing, playing in “Nimbyland”?

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Protected Bike Lanes

Yet more garbage “journalism” from Inside Publications NIMBY newspapers, this time falsely arguing PBLs are bad for bus riders

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The CTA reveals the final plans for the path and public space under the new Red and Purple tracks. Will it have safe street crossings?

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Traffic Safety

A Valentine’s Day gift for livable streets: CDOT will move forward with safety plan for Granville, currently a crash-prone “cut-through”

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Let’s debunk Edgewater Glen Association’s scary post claiming the Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project would “cause chaos”

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