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Bus Transit

No, Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington, Lori shouldn’t play nice with Uber

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Chicago Policy

The 35 ministers helping Uber fight the ride-hail tax also helped it fight the Divvy deal

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Deconstructing Uber’s vaporware counterproposal to Lori’s fair ride-hail tax

Courtney Cobbs

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Lori’s fair ride-hail tax plan needs bolder action to improve CTA bus service

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Bicycling

That misleading Crain’s op-ed by Uber proxies against the fair ride-hail tax plan, annotated

How Lori’s Uber and Lyft tax plan will help lower-income and working-class Chicagoans

Lynda Lopez

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A vision beyond Uber: We don’t need to plan our transportation system around cars

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Sun-Times op-ed against ride-hail tax reflects Uber and Lyft’s astroturfing campaign

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No, Lori’s plan to make private ride-hail trips more expensive isn’t regressive

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City’s ride-hailing report quantifies the damage Uber and Lyft are doing to Chicago

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