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Bicycling

Chicago transportation planning is in the doldrums, and the lack of a CDOT chief isn’t helping

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Emails Show CDOT Pushed Back on Reilly’s Riverwalk Bike Ban as “Too Extreme”

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Outgoing Transportation Chief Rebekah Scheinfeld Discusses Her Drama-Free Tenure

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Bus Transit

City Announces New Bus Speed Initiative, But Will Drivers Respect the New Lanes?

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Divvy Deal Passes, and Uber Fails to Buy the Future of Chicago Bike-Share

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CDOT Unveils E-Divvy Design, Debunks Uber’s “Fake Propaganda” at City Hall Hearing

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Uber/JUMP Launches a Misleading Campaign to Sink the Lyft/Divvy Deal

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CDOT Chief Touts Rahm Emanuel’s Transportation Wins at Active Trans Gala

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132 Pairs of White Shoes Were a Sobering Reminder of Lives Lost to Traffic Violence

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Grief and Rage Over Traffic Violence at the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting

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