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Today’s Headlines 27 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Concerns About Crime on CPS Safe Routes Walking Routes (Sun-Times, DNA) The CTA Has Installed at Least One Train Tracker Display in Every Station (RedEye, Tattler) Remaining Metra Board Members Meet...
John Kass Returns to Bike Baiting: “I Can’t Stand Those Divvy Bike People” 27 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
J.C. Steinbrunner and Amalie Drury at the Pine Grove Divvy station. Photo: John Greenfield After a series of anti-bike columns in the Tribune, designed to tick off cyclists and rack up pageviews, Joh...
The Latest Word From the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Walking at State and Congress. Photo: John Greenfield The Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council met last Wednesday, the day after an SUV driver struck and killed an 83-year-old man in Rogers Park, then...
Cincinnati Will Reform Its Parking Mandates 26 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Bad parking policy can greatly harm a city. Too much parking makes walking impractical and uncomfortable. It also erodes the tax base, as the map of downtown Detroit we posted last week made painfully...
Today’s Headlines 26 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
First Day of CPS Classes; Find Your “Safe Passages” Route on This Map (Tribune) Speed Cameras at Gompers Park Begin Issuing Warnings Today (Tribune, DNA) City Building $800 Million Intermodal Facili...
Getting to Work With Ventra: An Uneventful Experience 24 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
A Ventra single-ride ticket gets the "go" message. The multi-week Ventra rollout ramps up this week as thousands of college students have received their U-PASS-enabled Ventra cards. The same card wil...
Alderman Tunney: A People Spot Is More Valuable Than Parking Spots 24 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
Tom Tunney, right, at the ribbon cutting for the Southport People Spot. Photo: John Greenfield 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack, usually a progressive on transportation issues, recently made some ...
Notorious Patent Troll Forced to Stop Targeting Transit Agencies 23 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
A patent troll who persistently sued transit agencies for using technology that gives passengers real-time arrival information won’t harass any more transit providers under the terms of a settlement r...
Today’s Headlines 23 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
Divvy Comes to Pawar’s Ward; Construction Starts on Berteau Greenway (DNA) While Lakeview NIMBYs Sue Over Divvy Station, Uptowners Are Stoked About Theirs (Sun-Times) Sole Metra Board Member Who Opp...
Condo Association Sues to Have “Hideous” Divvy Station Removed 23 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
This Divvy station has begrimed a block of Addison Streets, according to the condo association suing to remove it. Photo: Shaun Jacobsen Update Friday, 15:09: Judge Kathleen Kennedy denied the plaint...
