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Bills Still Alive: Parking Reform, Corporate Climate Accountability
By Melanie Curry |
The meat grinder of the Appropriations process spits out a few wins
Hit-and-run driver killed Pablo Rodriguez, 55, on bike in East Side community
By John Greenfield |
With the hit-and-run killing of Pablo Rodriguez, 55, struck on his bike in the East Side community, Chicago has lost six cyclists to traffic violence this year. According to police, on Thursday, August 11, at about 6:15 a.m., this driver fatally struck Rodriguez from behind as he bicycled north under a viaduct in the 9900 […]
Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
By Kea Wilson |
American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
Biking with Mayor Wu and Exploring Biking as Alternative to Orange and Green Line During Upcoming Closures
By Grecia White |
Early this Thursday morning over 50 community members gathered in the neighborhood of Roslindale to bike alongside Mayor Michelle Wu from Adams Park to City Hall in downtown Boston. The group rode together through various neighborhoods including Jamaica Plain and Back Bay with some folks dropping off or joining at various during the nearly 7 […]
City Pilots Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
By Julianne Cuba |
Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.
“One Bike Lane Could Destroy Our Venue”
By Roger Rudick |
Bottom of the Hill, Potrero Hill music venue, is fighting safe bike infrastructure