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Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

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Traffic Calming

Traffic calming around Chicago schools and parks

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Steal This Idea: In Québec, A New Traffic Light Only Turns Green for Safe Drivers

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Unsurprisingly, People for Bikes gave Chicago a low scores for bike-friendliness

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Slow speeds should be the default on Chicago’s residential streets

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Beyond Chicagoland

Increased walk/bike during the pandemic is an opportunity to improve our streets

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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St. Louis Calms Traffic With Heavy Concrete Globes

Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

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Grassy Storm Drainage Can Be a Transportation Twofer, New Guide Shows

Advocates Prevail Over Road Diet Ban in North Carolina

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes about transportation and other topics for additional local publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

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