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Aldermen Brendan Reilly and Brian Hopkins

Anti-DuSable Drive aldermen paid for survey showing most Chicagoans are fine with DSD

By John Greenfield | Jun 15, 2021 | No Comments

Reilly and Hopkins' also reaffirmed that chicagoans who are opposed are largely white folks like the ones who overwhelmingly make up the aldermen's own constituencies.

Digital parking is a steep, jagged line breaking through the pre-pandemic benchmark exponentially faster than other recovery metrics.

Troubling: Loop Alliance report shows short-term Loop parking is skyrocketing

By Sharon Hoyer | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments

Encouraging commuters and visitors to the Loop to bike or take public transportation needs to be a top priority.

An Inbound BNSF Line train waits at Aurora Transportation Center in late March. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Metra schedule pilots to bring biggest service increases to wealthier suburbs

By Igor Studenkov | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

When Metra recently announced schedule changes for several lines, they billed it as offering more off-peak options. But the reality was a bit more complicated than that.

CDOT: Divvy’s e-bikes are going back to a 20 MPH speed cap

By John Greenfield | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

Ever since Divvy bike-share's pedal-assist electric bikes debuted in summer 2020, there's been all kinds of confusion about how fast they go.

Eastbound cycling is already common on Dickens, a one-way westbound street. The contraflow bike lane will make it safe and legal. Photo: CDOT

Victory! After years of NIMBY opposition, the Dickens Greenway is finally approved

By John Greenfield | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

After more than two years of relentless Not In My Back Yard pushback to the Dickens Greenway proposal, Alderman Michele Smith has finally signed off on the project.

A Black Heroes Matter rally for DuSable Drive. Photo: BHM

DuSable Drive rally and possible City Council vote slated for June 23

By John Greenfield | Jun 10, 2021 | No Comments

A DuSable Drive advocate argued that the notion that changing the name of Lake Shore Drive to honor a Black man would hurt Chicago's brand is a "sad, racist argument."

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