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Through our Bike Walk Every Town suburban advocacy training, we’ve been meeting people doing great work in suburban Chicago communities.One of these people is Eberhard Veit, a 10-year bicycle-advocacy veteran from Crystal […]
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Planning for the long-promised southern extension of the Red Line to 130th Street took a step forward last week as the city chose a preferred route. The Chicago Transit Authority […]
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Post image: Bicycle and walking advocates recently gathered alongside local mayors, planners and government officials to celebrate the 26-mile Cal-Sag Trail, as the Metropolitan Planning Council presented its annual Burnham […]
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The Chicago region’s current hub-and-spoke transit system leaves nearly half a million Cook County residents stranded in transit deserts.
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