This week in gas-pandering: Wilson plans 3rd giveaway, Lightfoot’s gas cards advance
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Come on, Chicago politicians, when it comes to sucking up to motorists, let's not have a race to the bottom.
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Driver who failed to yield fatally struck Yehuala Melkama, 44, in Uptown crosswalk
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Drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk and striking them is sadly a common phenomenon in Chicago.
$287K verdict shows using flimsy posts to “protect” lanes puts cyclists, taxpayers at risk
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Not only do these flimsy installations fail to provide physical protection, they leave taxpayers on the hook for injury lawsuits against the city government when cyclists wipe out on the broken bollards.
The NDLSD planning process is an opportunity to create a better future. Will IDOT do so?
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"We’re really at a crucial point in the history of humanity when we can make a real bold decision to have a better future. We should seize the moment.”
Cyclist Paresh Chhatrala, 42, died after crash on Madison, where medians were removed
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Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the collision might have been avoided if the city hadn't removed planter medians from the street a couple years ago to facilitate faster driving.
Pace piggybacks on Georgia e-bus order, approves Homewood facility upgrade funding
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The Pace board agreed to piggyback on Georgia’s electric bus purchasing contract with Proterra, and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Metra to fund improvements to the Homewood multimodal station.