Remember the beautiful life of Riley O’Neil. #Chicago
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Turns out there was just some lever a mayor could pull labeled "Do Good Things Quickly" and we finally got someone who figured out how to pull it.
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Monday's Most Read # 2 - Five Things You Should Know About Transportation Reporters link.theoverheadwire.com/vkw3c @enotrans.bsky.social
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - 61% of singles won’t travel more than 30 minutes for a first date: ‘It’s not surprising,’ says expert—how to know if it’s worth your time link.theoverheadwire.com/8yd6j CNBC
Monday's Most Read # 3 - Yes, a Land Value Tax Is Possible in Washington State link.theoverheadwire.com/e4h96 Sightline Institute @sightline.org
Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - After driver doored CDOT Planner Riley O’Neil, 35, on bike in Bridgeport, causing his death, advocates demand City install protected lanes to prevent such killings link.theoverheadwire.com/ecv4p @chi.streetsblog.org
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Urban Development Without Subsidies Is Possible, and Cleveland Has a Chance to Prove It link.theoverheadwire.com/knv9t @goodjobsfirst.org
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Monday's Most Read # 1 - Transit-Oriented Development Can Help Cities Grow. Which Urban Areas Are Doing Best? link.theoverheadwire.com/j8nrc Urban Institute @yonahfreemark.com
I pledged to complete the long-delayed safety redesign of McGuinness Boulevard if elected.
Last week, we got to work.
A safer McGuinness Boulevard will be finished this fall.
Most large urban areas throughout the US have increased their housing supply near transit over the past four decades, encouraging more residents to live in n…
A new report modeling a property tax building exemption in Spokane rebalances incentives toward community goals, encouraging homebuilding and discouraging in-city vacant land speculation.
Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport site can be developed for public benefit without subsidies, Mayor Bibb says
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