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Vance: Contact &amp; Donate

Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit

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Streetsblog Chicago

Today's stories are presented by Freeman Kevenides Law Firm.

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Transit Tees

Ad for Transit Tees's new city-building tile game called 1893

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Keating Law Offices

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


Steven Vance

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Chicago

3-cent gas tax hike wouldn’t impact drivers much, but taking $16M from CTA is wrong

<p>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.</p>


John Greenfield

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Chicago Policy

Once again Chicago leads the way, passing a tax to help get Uber and Lyft under control

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Bus Transit

What do transportation advocates of color think of Lightfoot’s ride-hail tax plan?

Charlie Short

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A former Lyft driver shares his perspective on Lightfoot’s proposed ride-hail tax

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Get on the bus: Discussing the fair ride-hail tax with Mayor Lightfoot on the ride to work

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Lopez shills for Uber’s phony ride-hail tax counterproposal, Reilly skewers it

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No, Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington, Lori shouldn’t play nice with Uber

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Bicycling

That misleading Crain’s op-ed by Uber proxies against the fair ride-hail tax plan, annotated

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