3 vendors for scooter pilot, slated to start 8/12, don’t include Lyft or seated scooters
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Today the city announced the three vendors for this summer's dockless electric scooter pilot: Bird, Lime, and Spin
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Semi-truck driver fatally struck Luis Galdos, 41, on North Avenue in Humboldt Park
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The victim was the 14th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
Metra adds express trains to BNSF and Rock Island lines
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In another sign that Chicagoland transit is slowly coming back from dramatic ridership losses during the pandemic, Metra announced this week that it is adding express trains to its Rock Island and BNSF lines.
Here’s a 5-part flowchart to demystify Divvy’s Byzantine new e-bike pricing scheme
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We racked out brains to figure out how Divvy's ridiculously complicated new pricing scheme works so you don't have to.
E-Divvy bikes debut Wednesday, equitable-but-complex pricing system announced
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The new pricing system was designed with an eye on equity, but it's rather complicated and includes new fees for parking the e-bikes at non-station locations.
Maldonado’s opposition is a speed bump for the Palmer Slow Street
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It's yet another example of how Chicago's weird ward boundaries and aldermanic prerogative system are a roadblock for good projects.