August 2013

The lakefront and the Loop are popular, and usage is highest on weekends, suggesting that tourists and daytrippers are taking advantage of the system. Read more

One big reason Chicago isn't Detroit (and neither is Pittsburgh, Buffalo, or Cleveland): The Motor City's lack of higher-education employers. Read more

At the turn of the last century, the Field Museum sent a research team from Tunis to Siberia to find out how regular people got around. Read more

Ald. Joe Moore may have missed out on his open-government White House award, but there are plenty to go around in that field in Chicago. Read more