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Clueless Tribune Editorial Endorses Dowell’s Bike Licensing Proposal

By John Greenfield | Oct 25, 2013 | 19 Comments

Third Ward Alderman Pat Dowell has done some good things for cycling, including negotiating a compromise on upgrading the King Drive bicycle lanes, and sponsoring a youth bike camp. But her ill-conceived, unworkable proposal to require a $25 licensing fee for bicyclists instead of raising the tax on cable TV service has resulted in plenty […]

Emanuel Promises Plenty of Opportunities for Public Input on Ashland BRT

By John Greenfield | Oct 10, 2013 | 51 Comments

Today’s Sun-Times article on the city’s plans to implement fast, efficient bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue and in the Loop didn’t provide much new information on the projects, and it included a few errors. However, it did provide a bit of a window on the mayor’s thoughts on the subject. “Chicago is ‘nowhere close […]

Sun-Times Editorial Writer Gets BRT, Even If Its Transpo Reporter Doesn’t

By John Greenfield | Sep 19, 2013 | 6 Comments

After running a not-as-terrible-as-expected piece on Ashland BRT earlier this week, Sun-Times transportation reporter Rosalind Rossi regressed with her write-up of Tuesday night’s info session hosted by the Chicago Grand Neighbors Association, titled “Backers of Ashland bus rapid transit plan object to left-turn ban.” First of all, Streetsblog contributor Lindsay Bayley tells me that she […]

Pro-BRT Chicagoans Need to Become as Visible as the NIMBYs

By John Greenfield | Sep 13, 2013 | 22 Comments

The Ashland-Western Coalition, the anti-bus rapid transit group led by Roger Romanelli, executive director of the Fulton/Fulton Market Association, has gotten zero coverage so far in the daily papers, but it looks like that’s about to change. Today Romanelli sent out a bulletin to members that the Sun-Times will be running an article about the […]