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Farewell to Mark Konkol and His “Alternative Facts” About Biking
Konkol frequently used his bully pulpit to go after projects that were his personal pet peeves, publishing rants that were riddled with factual errors.
January 25, 2017
Correcting Konkol: South and West Sides Received the Bulk of New Bike Lanes
Just because you’ve won a Pulitzer Prize doesn’t mean you always get your story straight.
October 13, 2015
Think Speed Cameras are Traps? Try Using Your Speedometer
Is 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran's speedometer broken? This morning, DNAinfo columnist Mark Konkol wrote that Cochran has received three tickets from the same speed camera, near the Midway Plaisance and Cottage Grove in Hyde Park. The cam is located a few blocks west of where a driver struck and injured a young girl last month.
June 1, 2015
Pullman Pouter: Konkol Gripes That His Neighborhood Is a Transit Desert
It’s always a chuckle to read DNAinfo.com columnist Mark Konkol’s misguided musings on transportation issues.
September 19, 2014
Silver Palm Owner Scapegoats Protected Lanes for Restaurant’s Failure
As part of Chicago’s pantheon of curmudgeonly, bike-baiting opinion writers, an elite group that includes Tribune columnist John Kass and guest contributor John McCarron, DNAinfo’s Mark Konkol is a bit of an odd duck. After writing a series of rants against the Kinzie protected bike lanes for the Sun-Times, his former employer, Konkol seems to have softened his position on cycling a bit.
November 27, 2013