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The Connector is MPC's blog, written primarily by MPC staff members, with occasional guest posts from volunteers and partners. 

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Blogs MPC Loves

• Active Transportation Alliance's "Write of Way"
• Circle of Blue's "The Stream"
• City Data
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Blogs
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• Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)'s Staff Blog
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• Streetsblog Chicago
• The Huffington Post's "Infrastructurist"
• The National Housing Conference (NHC)'s "Open House"
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)'s "Switchboard" - Kaid Benfield
• Planetizen
• Streetsblog
• The Transport Politic
• Transportation for America
• The Urbanophile

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