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John Greenfield

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Design

Sick Byrne! Twitter account for the $800M+ interchange expansion gets brutally ratioed

Cameron Bolton

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Chicago Suburbs

Will Governor Pritzker play Santa Claus for the south Red Line extension project?

Courtney Cobbs

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Beyond Chicagoland

Congressional reps to JB: Road expansion won’t solve traffic jams, will make inequities worse

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50 groups ask Pritzker to focus federal funding on sustainable, equitable transportation

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Governor Pritzker’s latest wrongheaded remarks about highway expansion, annotated

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Bicycling

Reality check: You can’t solve congestion by widening roads – invest in transit instead

Sharon Hoyer

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At annual meeting, ATA prioritizes safe streets, transit access, and lowering emissions

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Tunnel vision: With bike-through bridge houses, Navy Pier Flyover is finally completed

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Chicago Policy

The Tribune is right: One Central transit hub doesn’t yet deserve a $6.5B subsidy

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A Green New Deal for Illinois Transportation

J.B. Pritzker