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    Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building

    I was born and spent my early childhood in Mexico, so I grew up speaking Spanish. But after my family immigrated to the U.S., I lived in a predominantly English-speaking rural town in Northern Illinois. As I learned English in school, I had to translate for my family. The demographics of this country have changed since then.

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    How do bicycles from Chicago’s Working Bikes community shop end up across the world?

    I first learned about Working Bikes, a nonprofit community bicycle shop in Little Village, when I was studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago and saw a short documentary about a container of used bikes Working Bikes shipped to countries with limited access to bicycles.

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    How does Zero-Emission fit in the Southwest Industrial Corridor Modernization plan?

    The Southwest Side is no stranger to truck traffic. Distribution and warehouse facilities and industry, such as asphalt, oil, and gas, bring heavy diesel vehicles to neighborhood streets. If you’ve ever biked or walked through 31st Street, you have probably encountered the pungent smell of diesel exhaust.

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    Una actualización sobre CDMX, un lugar innovador del transporte sostenible

    La gente habla sobre la gran infraestructura y cultura para caminar, andar en bicicleta y tránsito en los países europeos como las mejores del mundo. Famosos bulevares de bicicletas y multitudes de personas en bicicleta por todas las calles son lo que hacen estos países renombrados. Muy pocas ciudades no-europeas, especialmente en latinoamérica, se encuentran en las listas de las ciudades más amigables del planeta para andar en bici. Por lo general, las imágenes de las ciudades del Sur global que aparecen en las películas y la televisión son imágenes de lugares sucios, mal mantenidos, inseguros, contaminados y superpoblados.

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    Davis, California: toma el ciclismo en serio por 55 años

    ¿Sabías que la primera vía ciclista en los Estados Unidos se instaló en Davis, California? Yo no lo sabía, pero cuando visité Davis recientemente, me sorprendió saber cómo la ciudad de Davis luchó para establecer ciclovías en las calles.

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