Two new studies challenge the conventional wisdom on food deserts, a topic that’s had its focus in Chicago. In all likelihood, the research is more compatible than it looks, and combined shows the complexity and breadth of the issue.
City Council takes up the semi-contentious speed camera bill, and it passes like many semi-contentious bills before it: 33-14, a low but not atypical result from the past nine years of City Council votes.
After reading the Tribune’s blast at 15th District Congressman Tim Johnson in Monday’s editorial, “I really must be going,” I called the quirky 65-year-old Urbana Republican for a response. I first interviewed Johnson a couple of years ago when The Hill named him one of the hardest workers in Congress. The legislator, whose best friend in the House is Ron Paul, announced earlier this month that he was leaving Congress…
The press likes to write about Rahm Emanuel’s fast-paced, intimidating managerial style. As these things go in the boring 21st century it’s neat enough, but nothing like Big Bill Thompson and his “prize model sailboat.”
Should cities build bike lanes to fulfill demand? No, suggests the findings of a recent survey: building bike lanes creates demand, just as building more roads leads to having more cars on the road.
A lot is made about red states and blue states, but it’s more accurate to say the country is a patchwork of blue cities and red hinterlands. And those patterns follow rail networks to a surprising degree if you look at precinct-level returns.
The city faces a big expense because of a non-compete clause in its parking-garage privatization deal. This will raise more skepticism about transparency with the proposed infrastructure trust… but it’s not like we got great transparency or oversight from prior privatization deals.
City Council signs off on a bike-share program (the same vendor as Washington, D.C., with the same pricing structure) and prepares to take on speed cameras; why Americans don’t walk; and more
A hunt for the location of a spectacular 1930s car elevator somewhere in Chicago’s Loop leads to an august Chicago manufacturer, and the immigrant inventor of dialectical materialism, no less than the “philosopher of socialism.”
Last night, just as I was falling asleep, unconfirmed reports came from the kids’ room that the dog had peed all over Max’s bed. A reconnaissance scout was sent to the hot zone to investigate, and promptly brought word that the rumor was, in fact, true. The dog had peed with extreme prejudice…
