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A Metra Electric train crosses Yates Boulevard out of the South Shore station. Photo by Jeff Zoline.
Applications are being accepted by Mayor Email until Friday, January 25 at 5 PM.
Alderman Sandi Jackson of the 7th Ward, which includes South Shore, South Chicago, Rainbow Beach, and Jeffery Manor, resigned effective Tuesday. Mayor Emanuel [...]
On the first page of the Chicago Tribune on August 27 was a story about aisle-facing seating on the new Chicago Transit Authority’s 5000-series cars and how many people were unhappy with the setup. It was a case of inventing a story.
Then in the Sunday paper, on the “Chicago Week” [...]
One of the question sets I posed in this morning’s crash analysis article was about the attention hit-and-run crashes receive in news media:
Why are certain people who die emphasized in news media reporting? Why are other people ignored? In other words, of the 315 people who [...]
Cycling on a Capital BikeShare in Washington, D.C. Photo by Michael Jantzen.
Updated 11:18: The press release is now online. I’ve been trying to pay attention to the City Council live video feed and transcript, but I’m not sure if they’ve discussed the proposed ordinance yet.
Alta Bicycle Share and Public [...]
This map shows that 58.8% of Chicago streets, excluding highways, are eligible for speed camera enforcement. Open the map.
The Expired Meter has been tracking the speed camera issue very well. (Here’s our coverage.) Along with reporting that an ordinance would be introduced to alderman at tomorrow’s monthly City Council meeting,
Rahm Emanuel at yesterday’s press conference
Monday morning when Steven read the awesome news on the Sun-Times website (apparently the Mayor’s Office offered them the scoop on this) that the city has raised the last $9 million needed to start construction on the Bloomingdale Trail, his first reaction was annoyance. You can find more [...]
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