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Bicycling

Mayoral allies block CTA oversight ordinance, Lightfoot denies it was a power move

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Lightfoot’s update of Chicago Works infra plan includes $238M for Complete Streets

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Traffic safety advocates helped defeat ordinance to allow deadly speeds near parks and schools

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CDOT releases more details on the “Bike Chicago” free bicycle program

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Chicago Policy

These 16 alderpersons narrowly won the committee vote to let people drive at deadly speeds

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Bus Transit

Chicago’s proposed Equitable TOD ordinance would fight segregation and car-depedency

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How about increasing CTA staffing, reliability, and ridership as a crime-fighting strategy?

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Lightfoot’s plan to spend $7.5M to pay people to burn gas narrowly passes City Council

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Lightfoot’s Climate Action Plan calls for “a zero-emission transportation network”

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This week in gas-pandering: Wilson plans 3rd giveaway, Lightfoot’s gas cards advance

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