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Steven Vance

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Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

Recent Posts

Amtrak vice president of Customer Service, Stations and Onboard, Robert Jordan, describes the return of formal dining. Photo: Steven Vance
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Amtrak is restoring long-distance service and dining, and replacing seat cushions

By Steven Vance | Jun 17, 2021 | No Comments
Amtrak wants to make riding across the United States cheaper, more comfortable, and easier this year, as more and more people get vaccinated and it becomes safer to travel. To that end, the national passenger rail company has a heavily discounted national pass (that expires soon), new seat cushions and linens, and has restored daily service on some lines.
IDOT blamed a 50-car pileup on the Kennedy Expressway on April 15 on drivers going "way too fast" for conditions. Image: CBS Chicago
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Your suspicion is right: People have been speeding more during Stay at Home

By Steven Vance | Apr 29, 2020 | No Comments
Chicago speed camera data shows that more tickets were issued during a three-week period during Stay at Home than at any other time in more than a year.
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Database documents cities that are repurposing car space during the pandemic

By Steven Vance | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments
During the global pandemic, cities around the world are recognizing it makes sense to take road space that is usually used for moving and storing cars and instead give it to people. They’re reallocating the right-of-way from travel lanes and parking to create emergency bikeways for essential workers, and open space where residents can safely […]
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Idea from Shared Use Mobilty Conference: Charge For Access to the Curb

By Steven Vance | Mar 21, 2018 | No Comments
Tech can help cities deal with the onslaught of demand for vehicles to get to the curb.
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Oil-Laden Freight Trains Delaying Amtrak, Commuter Trains Across U.S.

By Steven Vance and Payton Chung | Aug 14, 2014 | No Comments
Oil production is booming across North America, as new technologies make it possible to extract liquid crude oil from sources like the Bakken shale oil field in North Dakota and Montana, or Alberta’s tar sands. The ever-increasing volume of crude oil mined in remote Great Plains locations often finds its way to refineries via “rolling pipelines” – freight […]
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Study: To Keep Bicyclists Outside the Door Zone, You Need a Buffer

By Steven Vance | Jul 30, 2014 | No Comments
A new study has found that bike lanes with a buffer next to the parking lane are better than conventional bike lanes at encouraging bicyclists to ride outside the door zone. The study, recently published by the Transportation Research Board, concludes that wider but un-buffered bike lanes aren’t necessarily better than narrower lanes in encouraging bicyclists […]
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